The Implications of New US Troop Arrivals in Peru
Beginning in June, detachments of U.S. troops will be arriving in Peru and staying until December 31, 2023. Peru’s Congress, supported by only 6% of Peruvians, on May 26 approved a resolution...
View ArticlePolitical Crisis in Peru: From the Left to Right-Wing Authoritarianism
Since the impeachment of Peru’s president Pedro Castillo on 7 December 2022, Peru has attracted the attention of policy makers all over the world. The massive protests that followed Castillo’s...
View ArticlePeruvians Social Organizations And Trade Unions Call For 10-Day Struggle...
On July 1 and 2, various social organizations and trade unions from the 25 regions of Peru held the First National Meeting of Regions and Organized People in the capital Lima to unite forces against...
View ArticleFuture of the Peruvian People Is at Risk Eight Months After Dina Boluarte...
Following Pedro Castillo’ dismissal on December 7, Dina Boluarte — his vice-president — took over the reins of the Peruvian government, in a move legitimised by Congress and supported by the big...
View ArticleBeyond the Daily Grind: How a Few Peruvian Coffee Revolutionaries Are...
In 2014, I spent 10 days hiking through the Mapacho River Basin, one of the most biodiverse places on Earth in Peru’s western Amazon region. I walked along trails shaded by a dense canopy, waded...
View ArticlePhantom Carbon Credits From Bosques Amazónicos’ REDD Project in Brazil Nut...
Germany’s Das Erste TV channel recently broadcast a documentary titled “Klimaneutral? Von wegen”. If you’re British, that translates as “Climate neutral? As if”. And if you’re from the US it’s,...
View ArticlePeru’s President Is the Most Hated in Latin America
Peruvian president Dina Boluarte is the most disliked head of state in Latin America. She faces intense backlash at each public appearance, with the latest incident unfolding this past January during a...
View ArticleInternational Court Issues First-Ever Decision Enforcing the Right to a...
Residents of La Oroya, Peru, known as one of the most polluted cities on Earth, have won a landmark victory from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which ruled last week that Peru was...
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