Peru features in a report this month by the international research group, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC), on China’s dominance in the green-energy market. The report covers the world and identifies more than a hundred allegations of human...
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has recently issued a review of market trends for the minerals needed for a clean energy world. The most important minerals are (electrolytic) copper for electrical equipment, those needed for making batteries (including lithium,...
Jorge Luis Salas Arenas, the president of the Jurado Nacional de Elecciones, has been the recipient of death threats this past week from a far-right shock group known as Los Combatientes. Led by Roger Ayachi Soria, the group staged demonstrations outside the JNE...
A row has erupted over a law passed by Congress on 3 July that would restrict the use of testimony by protected witnesses (colaboradores eficaces) in cases relating to corruption. It is as yet unclear whether the executive will use its powers to block the proposed...
On 4 July, the Supreme Court met to discuss the case levelled against the former chief public prosecutor, Zoraida Avalos. It ruled that it could not offer an opinion since it might prejudge further legal judgements. As we reported two weeks ago, a group of Supreme...
On 26 June, the National Commission for Life and Development without Drugs (Devida) published a report documenting the record area dedicated to coca cultivation in 2022 and the dramatic increases taking place in indigenous territories and natural protected areas. Peru...
July in Lima usually feels dank and cold with temperatures rarely rising much above 15 degrees Celsius. Last week, temperatures of 27 degrees were recorded. This betokens the long-announced arrival of the El Niño phenomenon which threatens major climatic variation in...
A more recent and more localised disaster is the eruption of the Ubinas volcano in Moquegua region. This has resulted in toxic ash rising well over 1,000 metres above the crater. The eruption is affecting seven districts in the province of the province of General...
There has been growing comment in the Lima media in recent days about the obstacles facing the Boluarte administration following its announcement two weeks ago that it intends to remain in office until July 2026. Recent opinion polls underscore the deep unpopularity...
Jorge Salas Arenas, the president of the Jurado Nacional de Elecciones, has appealed to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to upgrade its support for the independence of Peru’s electoral institutions, under threat from right-wing groups in Congress. He has...
The minister for energy and mines, Óscar Vera Gargurevich, has said that the government is planning on keeping armed forces stationed along the mining corridor, beyond the current state of emergency (soon to expire). The roads of the mining corridor are used by some...
In the Amazonas region of Peru’s northern jungle the Awajún leader Agostina Mayán continues to receive death threats while in the Junín region of the central Amazon authorities have arrested a suspect for the assassination of Asháninka leader Santiago Contoricón. As...