Articles

• Espinar: continuing problems with mine developments

  18 March 2019

  The NGOs Cooperacción and Derechos Humanos sin Fronteras produced articles highlighting the continuing conflict in the province of Espinar, in Cusco. Communities there are increasingly frustrated by the continued lack of effective policies to address health concerns.

• The issue of human trafficking: seminar in Lima

  18 March 2019

  A seminar was held in Lima on 12 March on the issue of human trafficking. The event included regional governors and public officials. The event reflects a growing preoccupation with this abuse of human rights.

• Letter from Cajamarca

  18 March 2019

  Should you be in Cajamarca and find yourself in Jirón Lima, opposite Dylon’s chicken rotisserie, you will find one of Peru’s most innovative and long-lasting development projects, and one with which the Peru Support Group has a rather special link.

• Exit Villanueva as prime minister

  11 March 2019

  On 8 March, César Villanueva formally announced that he was resigning as president of the Council of Ministers. President Martín Vizcarra announced shortly afterwards that his resignation had been accepted. It remains moot whether he ‘jumped’ or was ‘pushed’ from above.

• Confiep deploys lobby power to modify tax evasion legislation

  11 March 2019

  The publication by Ojo Público of correspondence between Roque Benavides, the head of Confiep and boss of the Buenaventura mining company, appears to have struck a sensitive nerve among key figures in the business community.

• Forcibly sterilised women continue fight for justice

  11 March 2019

  The association of women affected by forced sterilisation during the Fujimori years  took to the streets with other feminist collectives to continue their campaign for justice. 

• Scientific flaws in Amazonian mega river navigation project

  5 March 2019

  An interdisciplinary study by Lima’s University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC) concludes that Hidrovía Amazónica, a state concession for construction of a 2,687 km channel linking the main ports of the Peruvian Amazon, poses a significant threat to a range of habitats and ecosystems.

• Coffee producers squeezed

  5 March 2019

  Coffee producers, mainly small-scale farmers, are being squeezed out of the market by low international prices. Many have no alternative but to abandon their crops and seek alternative work picking coca leaves and producing cocaine paste.

• Study recommends ending the use of police by extractive industries

  5 March 2019

  The Instituto de Defensa Legal, the Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos and US-based EarthRights International have released a report that analyses in detail the content of 138 agreements between the Peruvian police and extractive companies since they were first introduced in 1995.

• IACHR session calls for effective protection for human rights defenders

  5 March 2019

  On 14 February, during the 171th period of sessions of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), civil society organisations had the opportunity to present their ongoing concerns about the situation of human rights defenders in Peru. They believe it has reached a crisis point.

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