Peruvian elections or how to change history for ever
The Peruvian elections have produced an unexpected result. Ollanta Humala and Keiko Fujimori will face each other in the run-off. Anything could happen in an unusual electoral process.
The “war on drugs” is devastating the Amazon
Róger Rumrrill, one of the most important analysts of the Peruvian Amazon explains why the Amazon is suffering the consequences of a failed strategy. In Spanish.
Peruvian elections: Old names and new speeches
The author analyses the election campaign in Peru, three months before Peruvians choose a new President and parliament.
Peru: Lima’s new mayor
In a special article for LAB, Nick Caistor, who has worked closely with Susana Villarán over the last 15 years, looks at the person and the politician.
Water Evaporates in Peru’s For-Export Crops
In Peru, water is in short supply because of the need to export agricultural produce. And the problem is getting worse.
Undermining Development? EU Trade Policy on Natural Resources
A recent report by Traidcraft Exchange, Oxfam Germany and partner organisations, questions the extent to which countries like Peru benefit from such agreements.
PERU: Indigenous protests lead to talks
Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon force oil companies to talk
Peru: why the terms ‘Lo Andino’ and ‘terruco’ still matter
Power and wealth in Peru reside on the coast. Poverty reins in the Andes, a problem Lima elites refer to as 'Lo Andino'. These divisions fuelled Shining Path and were behind the recent removal of Pedro Castillo from the presidency.
Peru: young girls chained in mining camp
A chance discovery of a gold mining dredge in Madre de Dios in the Peruvian Amazon led observers to a wretched miners' camp where youg girls were chained in a hut and used for sex.
A travesty: The Economist on ‘isolated Indians’
An article in The Economist seriously misrepresents the Indigenous people affected by the Camisea drilling project for gas in the Peruvian Amazon. It reads like corporate PR for Argentine-Dutch oil consortium PlusPetrol