NEWS

• 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.

• Castaneda rocks opinion

  02 May 2015

  The new mayor of Lima, Luis Castañeda Lossio, has faced a challenging time in his first four months at the helm. In this short period he has managed to antagonise a large part of the city’s population, and his approval ratings have dwindled from a remarkable 70% support to around 50%, and they are still declining

• Poverty down, slightly

  27 April 2015

  The proportion of Peruvians living in poverty fell in 2014, but at a much slower rate than in recent years.

• Tia Maria protest

  27 April 2015

  One protestor, Victoriano Huayta Mina, was killed in clashes with the police in the conflictive region of Islay, Arequipa, on April 22. The protest was part of the campaign by locals in the communities of the Tambo valley to stop the Tía María open cast mine being constructed by Southern Peru Copper.

• Government rules out Prior Consultation for Tia Maria project

  19 April 2015

  The Vice-Minister for Intercultural Affairs, Patricia Balbuena, has ruled out prior consultation with people living in the Tambo Valley concerning the Tía María project.

• The battle over Tia Maria

  18 April 2015

  The struggle for and against Tía María, the giant copper mining project in Arequipa region, reached a new level of bellicosity last week, with the government struggling to find a way to reach some sort of negotiated compromise.

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