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22 Dec 2022 4 minute read

Killing of protesters sparks early elections

Vanessa Baird traces how Peru’s political turmoil swiftly tipped into bloody state violence.

Then-president Pedro Castillo takes part in an official ceremony in July, 2021. PresidenciaPeru/Flickr

8 Dec 2022 4 minute read

‘Self-coup’ backfires for Peru’s Pedro Castillo

Vanessa Baird explores an episode of political suicide and high drama, extraordinary even by Peru’s...

27 Jun 2022 6 minute read

‘Stop the poison’

Peruvian women call on Anglo-Swiss mining giant Glencore, investors and UK and EU parliamentarians to take action on toxic...

25 Oct 2021 8 minute read

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‘Think about what is to come, for all generations’

Faced with Covid restrictions and visa backlogs, many activists from the Global South might not get to the COP26 climate...

12 Aug 2021 2 minute read

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Introducing...Pedro Castillo

Richard Swift paints a mixed picture of Peru’s unlikely choice for president.

Peru's presidential candidate Pedro Castillo gestures to supporters, in Tacabamba, Peru June 6, 2021. REUTERS/Alessandro Cinque

10 Jun 2021 4 minute read

This article is almost two years old.

Peru’s leftist President-elect is already under attack

Pedro Castillo may have won the election but his leadership is not guaranteed yet. John Crabtree looks at...

Machiguenga children at play in Manu’s spectacular wilderness, while their pet spider monkey explores a tree. CHARLIE JAMES/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC/ALAMY

23 Feb 2021 6 minute read

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The limits of eden

Indigenous people living in Peru’s Manu National Park have been locked out of its management. Could change be on the horizon...

22 Dec 2020 9 minute read

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‘You’ve done nothing!’

Stephanie Boyd reports from the Peruvian Amazon on the fight to get adequate healthcare that respects...

President of Peru Martín Vizcarra, prior to swearing in his cabinet in 2018. WikiCommons

12 Nov 2020 4 minute read

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A ‘coup’ in Peru

John Crabtree reports on the shock ousting of ‘anti-corruption’ president Martín Vizcarra.

15 Jun 2020 9 minute read

This article is almost three years old.

Two Demons: Covid-19 and abuse

Stephanie Boyd on the making of a groundbreaking indigenous film about the pandemic in Peru’s Amazon.

Residents hold signs during a protest against Las Bambas mine in Apurimac, where Virginia Pinares also fights

16 Dec 2019 5 minute read

This article is more than three years old.

‘If they kill me, they kill me’

Indigenous human-rights defender Virginia Pinares talks to Vanessa Baird about mining in...

22 Jul 2018 3 minute read

This article is more than four years old.

Walter Aduviri – hero or criminal?

Human rights defenders are being criminalized in Peru. John Crabtree highlights the unusual case of Walter...

18 Jan 2018 3 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

UK pushing dodgy Public-Private Partnerships

Carillion highlights how disastrous these can be – this policy must stop, argues Jenny Nelson.

1 Sep 2017 5 minute read

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When the police are paid by the mine

In Peru, private corporations are hiring public law enforcers, writes Stephanie Boyd.

17 Dec 2016 5 minute read

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Tax avoidance: the damage done

Tax avoidance is anything but a victimless crime, with some of its most pernicious effects in the Global South, ...

22 Sep 2016 4 minute read

This article is more than six years old.

When Two Worlds Collide – people vs corporate greed

Vanessa Baird reviews a gripping new documentary from Peru which has global implications.

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