Articles

• El Frontón: justice awaits

  10 October 2016

  Thirty years after the extra-judicial killing of 133 prisoners at the island detention centre of El Frontón, six officers and 29 ordinary sailors face trial. While judicial procedures have been attempted before, they have always been halted before sentencing took place.

• Progress on Las Bambas

  10 October 2016

  Some progress to report on Las Bambas. Last week, an agreement was reached to pave 83 kms of road running through community lands in the region of the Las Bambas mine in Apurímac.

• Congress approves delegation, but for 90 days only

  2 October 2016

  On 29 September, following nine hours of parliamentary debate, Congress approved by substantial majorities the proposals put to it by the Kuczynski administration giving the latter the power to legislate on a number of areas.

• Frente Amplio's second congress left key issue unresolved

  2 October 2016

  The second congress of Frente Amplio (FA), held in Villa El Salvador on 24-25 September, reflected some of the important advances made on the left this year. But the way ahead for the FA looks to be a long and winding one.

• New book points to shortcomings of mesas de diálogo

  24 September 2016

  Oxfam and the the Peruvian NGO Cooperacción have together published “Conviviendo con la minería en el Sur Andino”, a book that analyses the experiences of three negotiating forums (mesas de diálogo) convened to mitigate social conflicts. The study focuses on the southern Andean region where, it is estimated, more than half of Peru’s mining investment is concentrated.

• Ominous signs from Congress

  24 September 2016

  Over the last week, Fuerza Popular, the fujimorista party with its massive majority in Congress, has begun to move on a series of flanks, none of which bode well for the future. The departure of Yeni Vilcatoma from its ranks has provoked developments.

• Fuerza Popular suffers its first loss

  18 September 2016

  On 16 September, Congresswoman Yeni Vilcatoma resigned her membership of Keiko Fujimori’s political party, Fuerza Popular (FP). Vilcatoma’s exit was neither a quiet nor a simple affair.

• New ombudsman threatens to downplay human rights protection

  18 September 2016

  Congress voted vote on a new human rights ombudsman on 6 September; and has duly anointed the declared front runner Walter Gutiérrez. Eleven years since Congress last mustered the absolute majority required to elect Ombudswoman Beatriz Merino, this is an achievement of sorts. However, the election of Gutiérrez has given human rights observers little cause for celebration.

• Fujimorista to head tax office

  18 September 2016

  A row has broken out over the Kuczynski government’s decision to appoint a close collaborator of disgraced former president Alberto Fujimori as head of SUNAT, the tax agency.

• Delegation of powers: things to watch for

  11 September 2016

  The government’s legislative agenda has become a little clearer over recent weeks, not least because of the list of measures for which the executive is asking for special legislative powers. These cover a number of areas that range from the economy and citizen (in)security to the future of Petroperú. The official request for delegated legislative powers was sent to Congress on 8 September.

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