The saga around the draft law No 3518 proposed by Jorge Morante continues. This law would transfer various responsibilities concerning indigenous communities from the Ministry of Culture to regional governments. The measure would allow the regional governments to...
The chances of Peru reaching the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s growth target of 2.5% for this year look increasingly remote. Figures from the National Statistics Institute (INEI) show that the value of production increased by 0.31% in April year-on-year and that...
In an address to the nation on 9 June in the presence of members of her cabinet and Prime Minister Alberto Otárola, President Dina Boluarte sought to rouse flagging popular support for her government, listing a number of its achievements over the last six months. She...
The president of the Council of Ministers, Alberto Otárola, was in Madrid and Paris earlier in the week, seeking to explain the actions of the Boluarte administration over the six months since it took over on 7 December. Otárola, who was initially appointed defence...
President Dina Boluarte was questioned on 6 June by the Public Prosecutor’s Office (Fiscalía) on her role in the killings of some 60 persons as a consequence of the army and police repression of the protests that erupted in December and January. Gloria Cano, the...
A report recently published by the International Forestry Research Center (CIFOR) presents evidence that forestry conservation efforts in Peru in past decades have had little impact as high rates of deforestation continue. The report claims that, despite having...
On 25 April, the ambassadors of the UK, Canada and Germany wrote a letter, which has only now been made public, to the Decentralisation Commission of the Peruvian Congress to express their concern about proposed legislation that would weaken protection for indigenous...
Peru’s copper production has now recovered from last year’s fall in output caused by both widespread protests and conflicts around specific mines. Cerro Verde, Las Bambas, Quellaveco and Southern Copper’s Cuajone and Toquepala mines are amongst the key producers....
At the end 2022, no less than 27.5% of Peruvians remained mired in poverty, or just over 9 million people. According to estimates by David Tuesta from the Consejo Privado de Competitividad, at current growth rates, it would take 28 years to reduce poverty back to...
US troop detachments are due to arrive in Peru this month following a formal invitation ratified by the Congress at the end of May. The mission is ostensibly for training and advisory purposes. It will involve the deployment of army, navy and air force personnel. ...
The summit organised by Brazil’s president on 30 May in Brasilia succeeded in bringing together eleven of South America’s twelve presidents, all but Peru’s Dina Boluarte. In her place was the prime minister, Alberto Otárola. Of course, the reason for her absence was...
The wheels of justice move slowly in Peru, as the case against Keiko Fujimori shows only too well. But on 31 May, Víctor Zúñiga, the judge dealing with the ‘cocktails’ case against Fujimori and others, announced that the timetable for the trial against her and former...