The declaration of a nationwide State of Emergency and night-time curfew in no less than 15 provinces of Peru appears to have done little to curb the wave of protest unleashed following the ousting and subsequent imprisonment of former President Pedro Castillo. His...
In the aftermath of Castillo’s removal from office, mining communities across southern Peru have reactivated their protests. They include communities affected by large-scale mining (such as in Espinar and Chumbivilcas), as well as artisanal and small-scale miners...
The national Amazonian indigenous organization, AIDESEP, has issued a demand for elections for a new president and Congress. This has been supported by the Wampis Territorial Government in the north, the federation in Madre de Dios (FENAMAD) and ARPI S.C. in the...
The Castillo administration came to an abrupt end at just after midday on 7 December, following months of conflict with the right-wing majority in Congress. Having pronounced a speech in which he declared the Congress dissolved, Castillo faced the backlash: the...
In various pronouncements in response to the new government, business organisations have pressed for changes in government that will support their interests. Confiep (Confederación Nacional de Instituciones Empresariales Privadas), the peak business association,...
The second round of governorship elections took place on 4 December in those regions where there was no outright winner on the first round. Somos Perú won in five of them (Cajamarca, Cusco, Lambayeque, Moquegua and Pasco), regional movements in four (Amazonas, Callao,...
The national and local indigenous organisations, AIDESEP and FECONAU, have denounced the Louis Dreyfus Company of The Netherlands to the OECD’s National Contact Point for sourcing palm oil from Grupo Ocho Sur. This is a palm oil plantation accused of illegal...
This coming week President Pedro Castillo will face the third attempt by opponents in Congress to impeach him. On 1 December, the plenary in Congress declared admissible the new proceedings against Castillo. Considerably more than the requisite number of members (52)...
Aware of the danger of appearing to take sides, the high-level delegation from the Organization of American States (OAS) that visited Peru last month (20-23 November) issued a short and fairly bland statement on 1 December, hours before the vote took place in Congress...
The government has approved, by supreme decree, the National Multisectoral Policy for Small-Scale Mining and Artisanal Mining (ASM) by 2030. The policy requires that all parts of government with interests connected to ASM should participate in the policy, which is led...
Amazonian indigenous organisations and their civil society allies have mobilised in opposition to what they see as measures by the Ministry of Education to undermine gains in bilingual intercultural education. They are also continuing to oppose legislation passed by...
Women who were the victims of forced sterilisation during the government of Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) have expressed their hope that the government does not resort to appealing the ruling of a low-level court that obliges the authorities to implement a...