Peru Support Group

An independent NGO that works to defend human rights, promote social inclusion and strengthen democracy

News and Analysis

We draw attention to poverty and human rights issues in Peru by providing timely news and analysis to an international network of policymakers, researchers and civil society groups.

Facts and Key Issues

Peru is a country of abundant natural resources and rich culture. Despite this, over half of the population live in poverty. Social discrimination and inequality are widespread.

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Peru Support Group is partially supported by CAFOD and occasional other contracts that we obtain. But without donors we could not continue.

Latest News and Analysis

Fujimoristas make hay while the congressional sun shines

Once again, the Fujimoristas in Congress – represented by Fuerza Popular and its close allies – seek to make use of their parliamentary majority to ram through legislation that brings them direct benefits and seeks to protect the legacy of the authoritarian regime of...

Congress votes down executive decree on informal mining

On 13 March, Congress reversed an executive measure that brought forward the deadline for mining formalisation to 21 March this year. The executive decree aimed to curb the illegal possession of explosives in mining activities and to make mandatory the signing of...

Report points to further growth in child anaemia

A recent report, the Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud Familiar, points to a worrying increase in rates of anaemia among small children between 6 and 35 months in age. For the third year running, the rate increased between 2022 and 2023, this time by 0.7%. The report...

Otárola’s fall from grace brings no change

On 6 March President Dina Boluarte appointed Gustavo Adrianzén as her new prime minister following the resignation of Alberto Otárola two days earlier. Otárola had been forced out of office following accusations concerning sexual relations with a woman half his age...

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Lord Brenan QC
Ann Clwyd MP
Linda Fabiani MSP
Richard Howitt
Simon Hughes
Reverend Ed O'Connell
Hugh O'Shaughnessy
Professor William Rowe
Rosemary Thorp CBE
Wendy Tyndale

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Tel: +44 (0) 7936 631 932
Email: coordinator@perusupportgroup.org.uk
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