NEWS

• MRTA Rebel leader convicted

  31 March 2006

  A Peruvian court has sentenced the leader of a Marxist insurgent group to 32 years in prison, after finding him guilty of nearly 30 crimes committed in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

• New Peru Euro network lobbies the European Parliament

  31 March 2006

  A group of NGOs and support groups throughout Europe have come together to form a European Platform on Peru (PEP). The PSG is part of this group and was in Brussels in March to lobby Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on the recommendations of the Truth Commission.

• The trend in increasing mining exports continues unabated

  31 March 2006

  Peru continues to be heavily mined. With a massive increase recorded in exports between 2004 and 2005, 2006 looks set to further this trend.
  The value of Peru's mining exports rose 17% in the first two months of 2006.

• Amnesty International launch campaign to bring Fujimori to justice

  31 January 2006

  Amnesty International has launched a campaign to support human rights campaigners in Peru to bring Alberto Fujimori to justice. They call for him either to face trial in Chile or be extradited to Peru for trial.

• European Parliament backs the Fujimori extradition request

  31 January 2006

  On 20 January the European Parliament (EP) voted on a resolution backing the Peruvian extradition request of ex-President Alberto Fujimori.

• Economic growth gives little benefit for the average Peruvian

  31 January 2006

  Foreign trade minister, Alfredo Ferrero, has stated that the value of Peru's mining exports increased 34.1% to £5.34bn in 2005 compared to the year before

• Fujimori's move to Chile: Was it all calculated?

  30 November 2005

  On the 6th of November, Alberto Fujimori, former Peruvian president (1990-2000) was detained in Chile, after having lived in self imposed exile in Japan for the last four years.

• Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Peru

  30 November 2005

  New initiative to institutionalise the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Peru

• Peru and Chile border dispute over sea intensifies

  30 November 2005

  Diplomatic tensions between Peru and Chile increased when the Peruvian Congress unanimously approved a bill that will grant Peru 38,000 sq km of fishing waters that are also claimed by Chile.

• Peru says 'no' to Regionalisation - a blow to Decentralisation

  30 November 2005

  On 30th October there was a referendum in Peru asking her citizens whether or not they wanted to join with their neighbouring districts to become macro regions

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