NEWS

• Congress spikes debate over special powers

  14 June 2015

  Weeks of growing strains between the executive and the opposition-dominated legislature culminated on 12 June with the cancelling of a congressional plenary to decide on whether to give the executive special legislative powers

• Sexual Violence: the Inter-American Court rules against Peru

  08 June 2015

  In late May 2015, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) finally ruled that in the case of Espinoza González vs Peru, the Peruvian state was guilty of having violated the victim’s right to liberty, integrity, protection to honour and dignity, judicial guarantees, judicial process and non-discrimination, during her imprisonment in 1993. Crucially, the Court also ruled that there was a generalised use of sexual violence and rape for which women were the main victims.

• Protest letter over Tia Maria

  08 June 2015

  Hundreds of intellectuals, artists and writers – both from Peru and abroad – signed a letter dated 2 June to President Ollanta Humala demanding that the Tía María mining project be suspended.

• National miners' strike: a non-event?

  25 May 2015

  The National Federation of Mine workers' national strike was called for May 18 “for an indefinite period”. There was little effect on mining output in the first week

• The China connection

  25 May 2015

  Last week’s visit to Peru by Chinese Prime Minister Li Kiquang once again highlighted the importance of bilateral relations with China. China has not only become Peru’s top export market but also its main foreign investor.

• MEF pronounces optimistic economic forecast

  25 May 2015

  The Minister of Economy and Finance, Alonso Segura, claims that the Peruvian economy is now on an “upward curve”, basing his assessment on better-than-expected growth figures for March.

• Extractives: new report

  25 May 2015

  The Inter-American Dialogue, the Washington-based think tank and lobby organisation, has just published a report on the incidence of community-led protest across the Americas, with special attention to the Pacific Alliance countries: Peru, Colombia, Mexico and Chile.

• Forced sterilisation case reopened

  16 May 2015

  In yet another U-turn, the Peruvian judiciary has reopened the case on the forced sterilisation of women during the Fujimori government. On the recommendation of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR), it was announced on 10 May that the case would be re-opened. Two former health ministers and eight other health officials stand accused.

• Defensoria reports 208 social conflicts

  16 May 2015

  Figures from the Defensoría (Ombudsman’s office) state that there were 208 conflicts (live or latent) in April along the length and breadth of the country. 67% of these were classified as protests against extractive projects by communities fearing their social or environmental impacts.

• Judges accuse Fiscal de la Nacion

  16 May 2015

  On 13 May, the Consejo Nacional de la Magistratura (CNM), the body responsible for making judicial appointments, resolved by five votes to one to dismiss the Fiscal de la Nación, Carlos Ramos Heredia. It is the first time that a Fiscal de la Nación, who heads up the country’s public prosecution service, has been removed in this way.

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