🇵🇪Week of November 2

Intense drizzle between Wednesday night and Thursday morning left streets flooded and homes affected in districts of southern Lima, with 65 inundation points reported across the capital's southern districts. A public transport bus from the company El Rápido was left immobilized in a flooded stretch of avenida Juan Velasco Alvarado in Villa El Salvador. Light rain was also recorded in Chaclacayo, and Senamhi forecast that it would continue in Lima Metropolitana.1234

In Villa El Salvador, standing water on avenida Pumacahua worried residents, and a neighbor said other roads were affected too, including avenida Modelo, Primera de Mayo and avenida Pachacútec. The Housing Ministry (MVCS) attended the emergency in the district and announced the construction of pumping chambers.56

The Executive is handling the rain emergencies, and El Comercio examined why the rainfall concentrated in the south of the capital rather than the north and how the 65 inundation points are explained.78

Residents of Villa El Salvador questioned Keiko Fujimori during her visit after the floods, asking: "Why come if you are not going to deliver?"9

Senamhi issued a severe warning for electrical storms and up to 60 millimeters of rain that puts Piura, Tumbes and Cajamarca at risk. The forecast covers the northern departments where the heaviest precipitation has been concentrated.12

Heavy rain with thunder and lightning fell over Tumbes on Wednesday night. In the district of San Jacinto, six ravines activated as the downpours raised water levels and the risk of flooding in nearby areas, and forecasters said the rains would continue into November.34

The Housing Sector is assisting families affected by the overflow of the Zarumilla river in Tumbes. Piura and Tumbes are in emergency, while Lima is close to surpassing a historic rainfall mark.52

Keiko Fujimori's government reached its first 100 days in office, with outlets assessing the record of her Fuerza Popular administration. The government began working against the current from its first day, according to an account carried by Agencia Andina. The foreign trade and tourism ministry (Mincetur) described the period as 100 days of hard work to build a Peru together.123

A Datum poll found 47 percent of respondents rate Fujimori's first 100 days as regular. The survey result was published as the government's economic management drew a more favorable reading: the CCL said Peru is recovering confidence in the conduct of economic policy during the first 100 days.45

Criticism came from different camps. Congressman Jaime Quito called the ministers appointed by Fujimori "a bunch of useless people," while former police general José Baella said her measures against citizen insecurity were insufficient. Minister Sheput answered the criticism of the first 100 days by saying, "We have a bedlam in Congress of bad faith."678

Commentary in the press faulted the pace of change. Perú 21 ran a column titled "100 days without reforms," and Gestión's editorial was headlined "Fewer excuses, more action." INFOREGION framed its assessment around Fujimori being too indebted to govern, under the heading "100 days of government and counting."91011

On security, Fujimori confirmed the construction of two prisons, saying, "In a few months we will be inaugurating." The announcement extends her government's push on prisons following her visit to El Salvador and its mega-prison.12

President Keiko Fujimori announced and welcomed the handover of land to the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights for the two new prison facilities, and called for the projects to be carried out with "speed, efficiency and security." She said the prisons would be inaugurated "in a few months."12

Álvarez also proposed strengthening the "Cárceles Productivas" (Productive Prisons) program with the Salvadoran model, and said his ministry is working to speed up construction of a maximum-security prison.345

The announcement follows Fujimori's visit to El Salvador, where she saw the Bukele government's security model and mega-prison and said she would declare criminal gangs terrorist organizations. Premier Luis Galarreta said Fujimori would bring back the "successful model" of Bukele's prisons, while Bukele himself said copying his security system identically would not make sense because crime in Peru differs from that of El Salvador.36

Environment Minister Vladimiro Huaroc said the government has expelled 95 percent of illegal miners from buffer zones and protected natural areas that were intervened, in joint operations with the National Police of Peru, the Army and the Public Ministry in the La Pampa area of the Madre de Dios region. The operations targeted the Tambopata National Reserve, where authorities report recovering 95 percent of the areas affected by illegal mining.123

A joint operation in Tambopata destroyed equipment and supplies used in illegal mining, part of the same push in Madre de Dios. The government's figure covers buffer zones and protected areas that were intervened, not the reserve alone.41

Elsewhere in the country, authorities destroyed 12 shafts and 10 camps linked to illegal mining in Canta, and tore down a camp used by illegal miners to extract gold in Chanchamayo. The National Police reported seizing more than S/ 3 billion in machinery and goods from illegal miners.567

Attributed claim: Accounts differ on the scale of the recovery. La República reported that more than 900 hectares of Amazon rainforest were saved, while Revista ProActivo reported that the Environment Ministry and the IIAP are working to recover 500 hectares in Madre de Dios.89

Reniec restored all of its services nationwide after a fire in its servers, the agency announced. The outage had suspended attention to procedures for seven hours.123

The disruption spread beyond Reniec's own offices. Migraciones suspended the issuance of new passports and set up manual control because of the failure in Reniec's systems, while the Banco de la Nación suspended banking operations affected by the outage.45

The agency said the emergency was overcome and that services were back at national level, according to accounts published on Thursday. The fire had hit the entity's servers, and the suspension of procedures lasted hours before attention resumed.678

Attributed claim: Coverage of the incident differed in emphasis rather than in facts. Infobae (centre-right) led on the seven-hour suspension of procedures, while La República (centre-left) led on the passport and manual-control fallout at Migraciones and Expreso (centre-right) on the suspended Banco de la Nación operations.345

Heavy freight haulers in Peru are preparing a national strike of three days over the price of fuels, with the stoppage set at 72 hours because of the rise in diesel prices. The action is national in scope, not limited to one region.12345

In Arequipa, taxi drivers warned of protests over the fuel price increase and demanded a subsidy from the government. Their demand is directed at the executive, which has not been cited as responding.641

The outlets reporting the stoppage carry the same core facts: a 72-hour national hauliers' strike over fuel prices, alongside the Arequipa taxi drivers' warning and subsidy demand. No outlet in the cluster reports a different duration, scope, or stated cause for the hauliers' action.12364

Peru's Comisión Bicameral de Presupuesto approved by majority the Ley de Endeudamiento and the Ley de Equilibrio Financiero for fiscal year 2027, two bills sent by the government. The commission approved the texts on Monday.12

Attributed claim: El Comercio reported that the commission approved a predictamen of the borrowing and fiscal balance law but will resume its session on Tuesday, leaving part of the work unfinished. The other accounts describe the two bills as approved by the commission.312

The 2027 budget talks are strained by disagreements between the Economy and Finance Ministry (MEF) and Congress over the mining canon, a brake on creating more universities, and locks on spending.45

Renovación Popular proposed that the government give a guarantee or aval to the debt of the Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima (MML).1

The commission also approved a dictamen to raise the salaries of workers at the SMV and the Contraloría, and Congress approved a salary increase for all health personnel.67

Peru's executive will include at least five criminal organizations in a registry of "hostile groups," part of a push the government describes as retaking the offensive in the war on crime. Defense Minister Rafael Belaúnde Llosa said criminal groups will be declared hostile.123

Attributed claim: The registry plan drew criticism from Servindi, which called the "hostile groups" label a sign of an authoritarian project. The outlet published its objection alongside the same announcement carried by other Peruvian outlets.4

Belaúnde Llosa also faces a constitutional complaint over alleged irregularities in the appointment and tenure of public officials. The accusation questions three appointments in the Defense Ministry and asks the body receiving it to act.53

The security announcement follows President Keiko Fujimori's visit to El Salvador, where she said she would declare criminal gangs terrorist organizations after seeing the Salvadoran security model and its mega-prison. Fujimori and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele signed a joint declaration covering justice, health, tourism and organized crime.12

Peru's government approved a new monthly salary scale for lecturers at public universities under Decree Supreme 232-2026-EF, raising pay by S/700. The increase covers more than 11,600 teachers and takes effect in November.123

The Education Ministry (Minedu) confirmed the new amounts and announced the salary increases. The measure applies to the teaching staff of state universities.341

Attributed claim: Diario Expreso presented the 2026 university lecturer pay scale as a question of the dignity of the teaching profession, calling it a national cause. The other accounts reported the decree and the S/700 figure without that framing.51