NEWS

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  Garcia Rejects Consultation Law

  Update 140. 17 August 2010

  Several indigenous groups and human rights organisations have expressed their disappointment at President Alan García's refusal to enact the so-called Law of Consultation (Ley de Consulta) which would give indigenous communities greater say in the development of either oil or mining projects on their lands.

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  US FTA Brings Few Benefits to Peru

  Peru News 057. 17 August 2010

  Since coming into force on 1 February 2009, the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed between the US and Peru appears to have brought few benefits to the Andean nation, according a column by Pedro Francke, an economist at Lima's La Católica University, for Peruvian newspaper La Primera.

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  The Countdown to Regional Elections & the Race for Lima's New Mayor

  Update 140. 17 August 2010

  Regional and Municipal elections take place in Peru on 3 October when Peruvians will vote for mayors and regional presidents for the country's 25 regions and one province (Lima); and with that comes the race for the new mayor of Lima.

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  Communities Affected by Oil Spill in Peru's Amazon

  Update 140. 17 August 2010

  High levels of contamination in the Marañón River, and a subsequent lack of clean drinking water, have been reported by several indigenous communities in the Loreto region of northern eastern Peru, following an oil spill in the area on 19 June.

• Human Rights - Individual Reparations for Victims of Terrorism

  Peru News 057. 17 August 2010

  Peruvian Prime Minister Javier Velásquez Quesquén has announced government plans to make individual reparations to victims of terrorism next year.

• Colombia and Peru: EU External Trade

  Peru News 057. 31 July 2010

  British politician Chris Bryant, Labour MP for the Rhondda, has recently asked the British government a series of questions regarding the EU-Andean Community (CAN) multi-trade agreement with Peru and Colombia.

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  Perupetro Guarantees Reserve for Uncontacted Tribe

  Update 138. 16 July 2010

  Survival International reports that a reserve for uncontacted tribes in the Peruvian Amazon has been made off-limits to oil and gas companies. The majority of the reserve had been previously open to exploration by Brazilian company Petrobras, in an area known as 'Lot 110'. The reserve is inhabited by some of the world's last uncontacted indigenous people, a tribe known as the Murunahua (or Chitonahua), the organisation explains.

• The Outcomes of Bagua: The Peruvian Amazon One Year on from the Violence

  29 June 2010

  Public Event - Bagua
  On 28 June 2010, the Peru Support Group held a public meeting at the Palace of Westminster in London to reflect upon what has happened in Peru one year on from the violence seen in Bagua.

  Amnesty International's Presentation (June 2010)

  CARE Peru's Presentation (June 2010)

• Peru's Congress Approves Consultation Law

  Peru News 055. 11 June 2010

  Peruvian Congress approved in May a law which would require prior consultation with indigenous communities before starting any project that could affect their rights.

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  Social Conflicts Increase in April

  Peru News 055. 11 June 2010

  According to the regular monthly report compiled by the Office of Peru’s Ombudsman (Defensoría del Pueblo), 260 social conflicts were registered in April, 14 of which are new conflicts and 132 (50% of the total) are associated with socio-environmental issues.

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