NEWS

• Second round gubernatorial contests

  10 December 2018

  Elections were also held on 9 December for 15 regional governorships where these had not been defined in the first round in October.

• New justice president raises concerns

  10 December 2018

  On 6 December, members of the Supreme Court elected a new president of the judiciary, José Luis Lecaros.

• PSG Annual Conference 2018

  01 December 2018

  15 December 2018
  UCL Global Governance Institute, 29-31 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9QU

  Registration and coffee start at 10:30am; conference starts at 11:00am. Members and concessions £10, non-members £15. If possible, register your attendance in advance to coordinator@perusupportgroup.org.uk

• Oil expansion and conflict in Loreto

  01 December 2018

  On 28 November, the government announced the approval of the development of Block 95, an oil project in Loreto already producing some 1,000 barrels a day as part of the exploration programme conducted by the Calgary-based company PetroTal.

• Euromoney bets on Peru

  24 November 2018

  In its assessment of Peru’s economic standing, Euromoney takes a bullish view of the country’s prospects, urging risk evaluation agencies Fitch and Standard and Poor’s to copy Moody’s by upgrading Peru.

• Regional pressure to improve public policy on water management

  24 November 2018

  There is an encouraging degree of movement in Peru’s regions to look more carefully at the management of water, threatened by climate change and the expansion of mining. On 26 and 27 November, Cajamarca's second water forum will take place.

• Vizcarra on top, for now

  17 November 2018

  Unusually for a president half-way through a five-year term, Martín Vizcarra is riding high in the opinion polls. The latest opinion poll from Ipsos suggests that two out of every three (65%) Peruvians approve of his management of the country.

• PSG work on extractives

  17 November 2018

  The Peru Support Group is submitting a short report on extractives, their effects on development, and their impact on human rights to the UK Foreign Affairs Select Committee.

• New research highlights environmental destruction in Madre de Dios

  17 November 2018

  New research has just been released showing more extensive destruction by artisan gold mining than had previously been estimated.

• Trade balance benefits from copper price rise

  11 November 2018

  According to figures published last week by the Central Bank, the value of Peru’s exports rose by 11.5% in the first three quarters of 2018 against the same period last year. The most dynamic sector was the mining industry.

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