LATEST NEWS
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30 May 2013
Police 'fire on Conga protesters' while Xstrata faces questions
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One person has been injured by police as the Conga project sparks renewed resistance in Cajamarca, while in southern Peru communities demand to know the source of pollution around Xstrata's Tintaya mine.
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28 May 2013
Calls to strengthen women's reproductive rights in Peru
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Campaign gathers support amid warnings that failure to implement law properly is costing women's lives, as UN body calls for action by the Peruvian government in line with international rulings.
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26 May 2013
Amid economic boom, majority of rural Peruvians face poverty
Peru's poverty rate is falling but one in five lives on under $2 a day in rural areas, as divisions between cities and indigenous populations in the highlands and Amazon persist.
ANALYSIS
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28 MAY 2013
Peru rowing backwards (fast) on prior consultation
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Sweeping exclusions threaten indigenous communities' long-delayed right to prior consultation, dividing the government and leaving investments open to prolonged resistance.
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04 JUNE 2013
Accelerating investment without social and environmental checks?
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José de Echave, former environment minister and now director of Cooperacción, warns that weaker rules on land expropriation and environmetal impacts could fuel more social conflict.
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3 JUNE 2013
Repsol, energy sovereignty and economic policy space in Peru
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Aborted state plans to buy energy assets showed the political leverage of big business winning out President Humala’s promised economic ‘transformation’.
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05 October 2012
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28 November 2012
State-corporate crime?
We have worked closely with the community affected by Rio Blanco mine, which was owned by a British company. In 2011, 33 torture claimants received compensation from the company, though it did not accept liability. This multimedia case study explores the relationships between the state, mining company and communities.
14 June 2013
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