Catholic Church: Pope Francis goes back to the future
Signs that the new Pope has revived the spirit of Vatican II and rehabilitated parts of Liberation Theology -- so important in Latin America.
PERU: LIMA’S MAYOR SURVIVES RECALL REFERENDUM
The attempt to recall Mayor Susana Villaran failed narrowly in a vote on Sunday 17 March.
Bulletin 26 January 2010
Haiti to lead its own reconstruction ♦ Venezuela: students die in government demonstration for TV closures, and minister resigns ♦ Peru: Rains leave tourists stranded in Machu Picchu ♦ Brazil in better shape than China ♦ Venezue
Bulletin 18 February 2010
Haiti: US missionaries to go home ♦ Oil exploration to go ahead despite Argentinean obstacles ♦ Mexico: Calderón returns to Ciudad Juarez and promises more help ♦ Peru: oil sector will grow in 2010 ♦ Venezuela: calls to declare
Peru: teachers and social justice
A prolonged and bitter teachers' strike in Peru in 2017 was about much wider social discontents and eventually brought militant strikers' leader Pedro Castillo victory in the country's presidential elections.
Climate Change: follow the Alternative Summit
Peru-based Servindi provides a valuable service to follow the Peoples' Summit.
Bulletin 27 January 2010
Guatemala: former president arrested ♦ Venezuela: Chávez appoints new vice-president amid street protests ♦ Haiti: survivor found under rubble after rescue operations are suspended ♦ Peru coffee exports growing fast ♦ More deman
Bulletin 22 February 2010
Argentina: Government “close” to getting continental support in Falklands dispute ♦ Haiti: final toll could reach the 300,000 ♦ Brazil: former guerrilla becomes presidential candidate ♦ Peru’s exports still dominated
Peru: ‘economic growth with social inclusion’
The Peru Support Group interviews a historic leader of Peru's left.
Peru: a violent past that still casts clouds over the present
In Peru, the shadow of the violence of the 1980s is still present in the political debate. Javier Farje, from LAB reports.