Articles

• Chincero, blessing or curse?

  3 April 2017

  Adorning the lamp posts of central Cuzco are placards thanking President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski for his part in facilitating the go-ahead for the new airport at Chinchero. The problem is that the airport project, the subject of corruption allegations, does not appear anywhere near take-off.

• Las Bambas: NGO casts doubt on new proposals

  25 March 2017

  A thoughtful and strong report from Cooperacción suggests that the long-running dispute over the Las Bambas Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is far from over. New proposals from the environment minister for a further modification may not be enough to keep dialogue going.

• Luque reflects on his time as head of ONDS

  25 March 2017

  As he prepares to leave his job as head of Peru’s National Office for Dialogue and Sustainability (ONDS), Rolando Luque told the PSG that some significant changes have been made in the short time since he took over last October. But, he argued, there is still an enormous amount to do in building institutional capabilities at the grass-roots level.

• Peru flooding causes widespread destruction, mayhem

  19 March 2017

  Landslides and flooding this last week have created new levels of destruction, as numerous rivers broke their banks, spilling out into vulnerable communities, washing away transport infrastructure and interrupting water supplies for millions of people. Probably the worst crisis of its type for 30 years, it has exposed the fragility of the urban fabric and poses the Kuczynski administration with enormous problems.

• Eduardo Vega airs his views on transparency (or the lack of it)

  19 March 2017

  When public officials retire from positions of authority they give interviews which provide precious clues as to how systems work, or rather do not. In an interview with La República last week, Eduardo Vega gave insights into the deficiencies in the present system of transparency in Peru.

• Campaign for increased corporate transparency takes a step forward

  19 March 2017

  On 9 March, the international board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) agreed to insist on project-level reporting in all 51 member countries as of next year. EITI also voted to suspend Azerbaijan owing to deficiencies in the degree of civil society involvement.

• PPK faces barrage of attacks

  11 March 2017

  On 9 March, Congress overwhelmingly supported a vote requiring the presence of Martín Vizcarra, the first vice-president and minister of transport and communications, to respond to a total of 82 questions, next Thursday, 16 March.

• Fujimorismo splits over the case of sexual abuse in the Church

  11 March 2017

  This week the Fujimorista-dominated Congress voted not to create an investigative commission, the equivalent of a Public Enquiry, over accusations of sexual misconduct of the leader of conservative catholic group Sodalicio, Luis Fernando Figari.

• Amnesty publishes annual report

  11 March 2017

  Amnesty International published its annual report strongly condemning what it sees as the increasing trend worldwide in hateful rhetoric “that hounds, scapegoats and dehumanizes entire groups of people to win the support of voters [and] which will have an increasingly dangerous impact on actual policy”.In Peru, Amnesty notes that there has been increased violence towards marginalised groups, singling out women and girls, indigenous peoples and the LGBTI community.

• Vizcarra in the firing line

  5 March 2017

  Martín Vizcarra, the minister of transport and communications and also the first vice-president, is to undergo a formal questioning in Congress over his handling of the Chinchero airport contract. For his part, President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has announced that he will not tolerate any forced resignation that arises out of a motion of censure against Vizcarra.

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