Articles

• New study on Las Bambas and Huaquira

  16 September 2017

  A new study looks into mining conflict covering Madagascar, Tanzania and Bolivia as well as Peru. It provides a good understanding of the context in which mining conflicts have developed in Peru generally as well as in the case of Las Bambas.

• Sendero casts a long shadow

  16 September 2017

  As Peru recalls the arrest of Abimael Guzman exactly 25 years ago (12 September 1992), there has been a lot of soul-searching in the media about the nature of Sendero Luminoso, the circumstances under which it was neutralised, and the longer-term impact that this had on Peruvian politics.

• When land titling is not quite what it seems

  9 September 2017

  The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) has published useful information on the problem of land rights in the Amazon. Though indigenous communities may have title to the land they occupy, this does not necessarily mean they can control what happens on that land.

• New study on tax incentives points to lack of transparency in the mining sector

  9 September 2017

  The hugely generous tax benefits granted to individual large mining projects are questioned by a new study by a team from Oxfam, Propuesta Ciudadana and Cooperacción. Through a meticulous study of two major enterprises, Las Bambas and Cerro Verde, the team is able to show that, for example, Las Bambas will only begin to pay income tax in its sixth or seventh year of operation as a result of a whole complex of special arrangements, including accounting practices.

• TC's transfuguismo ruling has important implications for political parties

  9 September 2017

  It remains to be seen whether, or to what extent, the pro-Fujimori majority in Congress will seek to void the decision of the Constitutional Tribunal (TC) questioning their own law that prevents party-hopping (transfuguismo).

• Climate change puts water supplies at risk

  9 September 2017

  Water scarcity is causing huge problems for many communities, towns and, indeed, for the capital Lima. As demand for water increases, the natural supply will reduce as the glaciers retreat and, in the not-too-distant future, could vanish altogether.

• Embattled government

  3 September 2017

  The publication of the latest GfK poll in La República on 27 August on political attitudes must have been grim reading for President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. His popularity ratings slipped to just 19%. That a Peruvian president’s ratings should plummet so is not unusual.

• 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’,

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