Articles

• Anti-corruption investigations gather speed

  4 December 2017

  The latest declarations by Marcelo Odebrecht have set in motion a chain reaction, with the judicial investigations entering ever more political-sensitive terrain.

• Julio Guzmán in the UK

  4 December 2017

  Julio Guzmán was in the UK last week, speaking at both Oxford University’s Latin American Centre and at the London School of Economics.

• Corruption scandals continue to rip through Peruvian Politics

  26 November 2017

  The Odebrecht scandal continues to engulf the whole Peruvian political establishment. This time the accusations have been against left-leaning former Mayor of Lima Susana Villaran.

• First national meeting to raise awareness of the issue of heavy metal poisoning

  26 November 2017

  On Monday 27 November the Working Group on Environmental Health is to discuss the urgent measures needed to develop adequate public policies for the prevention and cure of afflictions caused by heavy metal poisoning. The Group is formed by thirteen of the principal NGOs working on this issue in Peru.

• New Report on Timber Trafficking in Peru

  19 November 2017

  On 9 November Global Witness launched a significant report on illegal logging in the Peruvian Amazon. An undercover investigation into the case of the attempted seizure of wood two years ago has provided video evidence of Peruvian entrepreneurs admitting to realising that their documents were false.

• Repercussions of the latest Odebrecht revelations

  12 November 2017

  On 9 November Marcelo Odebrecht, the ex-CEO of the disgraced Brazilian company, was questioned by Peruvian public prosecutors. They were in Brazil to hear his responses to questions sent to him on 20 September dealing with many of the revelations made by him back in May.

• US Action threatens to damage the fight for transparency in extractives

  12 November 2017

  The U.S announced on 2 November that it was withdrawing from implementing the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).

• Possible breakthrough over Block 192

  5 November 2017

  The oil development in Loreto known as Block 192 has long been a source of contention: The communities have been insisting on a response to their demand for appropriate consultation. On 31 October, a new agreement was reached and signed in Loreto between the government and the Federations representing the communities.

• Cotabambans' request for dialogue: a delegation in Lima

  5 November 2017

  There has been a long conflict at Las Bambas. The conflict was sparked by MMG’s failure to consult over an extension of the environmental impact agreement negotiated with the government and the resulting deaths and injuries. At the end of October, community leaders travelled to Lima, where they have been making a highly relevant case. Their proposed solution is a resumption of the Dialogue Table.

• Peruvian European Platform presents complaint on Peru's failures on labour and environmental standards

  29 October 2017

  On 24 and 25th of October, the PSG, as a member of the Peruvian European Platform (PEP), was in Brussels to present to the European Commission a complaint against Peru, for failure to comply with some of the labour and environmental international standards which were reaffirmed under Title IX of the Trade Agreement between Peru and the European Union. The complaint has been submitted by the PEP coalition, along with 27 Peruvian civil society organisations, which have added their names to it. 

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