Brazil: looking at the bigger picture
In a letter to the Guardian, Francis McDonagh asks questions the influence of Brazil in neighbouring countries.
INTERVIEW WITH LIMA’S MAYOR SUSANA VILLARAN
Nick Caistor, from LAB, visited Susana during his recent tour in Peru.
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.
Peru: ‘economic growth with social inclusion’
The Peru Support Group interviews a historic leader of Peru's left.
Peru: REDD does not benefit indigenous peoples
DURBAN, South Africa. (ENS) - A new UN-backed effort to create a financial value for the carbon stored in forests by paying communities to leave the trees standing is undermining the rights of indigenous peoples in Peru, leading to "carbon piracy" and
Humala’s cabinet change: a shift to the right?
The London-based Peru Support Groups analyses concerns about Peru's new government.
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".
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.
Another Chile is Possible
Chilean students have long questioned the country's education system, decrying it for being commercial and elitist.