Articles

• The teachers' strike ends

  3 September 2017

  On 2 September, it was announced that a majority of the regional organisations belonging to SUTEP had decided to call off their strike which had run for nearly three months. It was clear that this was not because of any agreement reached with the Ministry of Education or the minister, Marilú Martens.

• Angélica Mendoza

  3 September 2017

  The death last week of Angélica Mendoza has brought sorrow to many. Angélica, 88, emerged as a leading figure of those in Ayacucho who sought answers from the military over the whereabouts of their loved ones, forcibly ‘disappeared’ during the 1980s when this part of the country was made an ‘emergency zone’ under the jurisdiction of a military commander.

• CIVICUS points to lack of civic space in EITI countries

  27 August 2017

  CIVICUS, an international civil society organization, has just published a report analysing the latest trends of the state of civic space in all EITI (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative) member countries. Particularly interesting is the analysis of the state of civic space in resource-rich countries that have signed up to EITI principles. Peru is one of the 24 countries classified as ‘obstructed’,

• Report on deforestation and gold mining in Madre de Dios

  27 August 2017

  A report by researchers from the Carnegie Institute of Science at Stanford University, published on 22 August, highlights in summary form the scale of deforestation in the Madre de Dios region since 1999.

• Teachers' strike enters its third month

  19 August 2017

  Two months after the teachers’ strike began, there are few signs of any settlement; rather increasing distance between the teachers’ union, SUTEP, and an embattled government. President Kuczynski made a televised speech to the nation on 16 August in which he berated the union and its leaders, accusing them of ties with Sendero Luminoso. An Ipsos poll, published the previous weekend, showed that more than half of those who responded sympathised with the teachers’ demands for better pay and working conditions.

• UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights takes Peru to task

  19 August 2017

  The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights visited Peru between 10-19 July to monitor implementation of the UN Guidelines on Business and Human Rights. Soon after the visit, the group published its initial assessment in a public statement. The final document, which will include a series of recommendations, is due to be released during the 38th UN Human Rights Council session in June 2018.

• Kuczynski's speech: better things to come?

  5 August 2017

  At Peru’s Independence Day celebrations, President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski summed up what many think: “Peruvians do not want more promises,” he said “they want results”. However, promises were by no means absent: the Peruvian economy, which will grow by 2.8% this year, will reach 4% next, the president claimed. With all the negatives from his first year behind him, Kuczynski made out that his second year will be a lot better.

• The Humalas' imprisonment: a case of double standards?

  5 August 2017

  On 4 August, the appeal judge reviewing the case of the imprisonment of former president Ollanta Humala and first lady Nadine Heredia rejected the appeal lodged by the Humalas’ lawyers. They will remain in prison.

• Indigenous organisations struggle to get their voices heard on remediation

  5 August 2017

  The indigenous federations representing the communities of various river basins in Loreto are doing their utmost to get community voices heard, given 45 years of trampled rights, with land titles blocked, protest criminalised, communities divided

• Ollanta Humala and Nadine Heredia jailed

  16 July 2017

  In a bold and unprecedented move on13 July, the public prosecutor’s office demanded the imprisonment of the former president and first lady to prevent the possibility of them fleeing the country. The following day they were both taken into custody for a maximum period of 18 months, and are now in prison.

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