The United Nations says Peru will be Latin America’s second-fastest growing economy this year. Will consulting Peru’s indigenous people help them gain from that growth?
Human Rights
New trial for Shining Path leader
Abimael Guzman, the former leader of the Maoist rebel group, the Shining Path which terrorised Peru in the 1980s and 90s appears in court for the first time in almost a decade.
Peru’s maids fight for their rights
In Peru half a million woman make a living as domestic workers and most of them lack basic labour rights.
Bad education in Peru
Big questions are being asked about how Peru is educating its children. It came last in the international PISA tests in every category. No improvement in nearly 15 years of solid growth.
Chile: The past and the future
Peru’s mining sector: It’s complicated
Corruption and Peru’s dismal electoral options
Two former presidents investigated for corruption, another serving time convicted for graft and human rights crimes. Roll on 2016.
Fujimori’s fights on Twitter
Social media accounts boost the profile of the 75-year-old ex president jailed for corruption and authorising death squad killings, even though he doesn’t have access to a computer.
Peru’s broadening middle class
“Because we don’t have anything we’ll do everything.” was the motto in Villa El Salvador, the burgeoning suburb in Lima’s south. These hard working values are instilled in the new generations who are Peru’s new middle class.
The woman saving South America’s 2nd wilderness
Scientist Erika Cuellar has championed the Gran Chaco, South Americas second largest wilderness after the Amazon. She’s educating its inhabitants on how to preserve their expansive home.