BOGOTA AND LIMA: GREENING OUR CITIES
Enrique Peñalosa, the former mayor of Bogotá stresses in this video interview the importance of public transport and green space for cities such as Bogotá and Lima.
PERU: WAYS OF MAKING MINING MORE SUSTAINABLE
The Red Muqui, which monitors extractive industries in Peru, says there are exciting alternatives to the current dirty and socially unjust mining model.
PERU: WHEN IS A MUSEUM NOT A MUSEUM?
The Museo de la Memoria in Peru has caused a great deal of debate about the country´s recent violent past.
South America: concern over currency appreciation
South American finance officials are meeting in Lima to seek coordinated response to global economic crisis.
Latin America: Carlos Mesa looks at political transition
In a talk at the London School of Economics (available as a podcast), former Bolivian President Carlos Mesa looks at political transitions in Latin America.
Brazil: looking at the bigger picture
In a letter to the Guardian, Francis McDonagh asks questions the influence of Brazil in neighbouring countries.
Peru: green light for extradition
A US appeals court okays the extradition to Peru of the 'Butcher of the Andes'. Ángel Páez reports.
Que la memoria no quede en el olvido
The Peru-Based Institute of Legal Defence held a conference in Lima to discuss the best way to remember the victims of the political violence during the terrible years of the Shinning Path and the abuses by the state.
Uncle Nobel and the Scriptwriter
Fellow Peruvian, Javier Farje, who years later studied at the same military college as Mario Vargas Llosa, is delighted that the Nobel Committee has finally recognised the genius of his compatriot.
Peru: Elected by the Left, Ruling with the Right
The author argues that Ollanta Humala is no longer the progressive leader that seduced the left in Peru. He could end up as an allied of the "fujimoristas".