Weekly Report - 15 October 2026 (WR-26-41)

Peru’s President Keiko Fujimori asked congress this week to make clear whether it was “on the side of violence or the side of peace”. Relations between the executive and legislative branches of government are growing increasingly acrimonious as legislators continue to hold out on granting Fujimori’s request for emergency powers to legislate by decree across a variety of areas, particularly regarding security matters.