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

10 Jun 2021 4 minute read

Peru’s leftist President-elect is already under attack

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

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

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

‘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

A ‘coup’ in Peru

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

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15 Jun 2020 9 minute read

Two Demons: Covid-19 and abuse

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

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

16 Dec 2019 5 minute read

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‘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

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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

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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

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When Two Worlds Collide – people vs corporate greed

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

1 Jul 2016 4 minute read

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'I will never give up my land'

Roxana Olivera talks to Goldman Environment Prize winner Máxima Acuña.

1 Jun 2016 7 minute read

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Against their will

Roxana Olivera meets indigenous women in Peru who are still waiting for justice, two decades after being...

5 May 2016 3 minute read

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Peru’s independent media under attack

A blow for press freedom occurs just as the country prepares for a new ultra-right government, writes Stephanie Boyd...

20 Apr 2016 7 minute read

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Peruvian elections: for the Right or the Right?

Despite the election upset, the opposition will not be silenced, writes Stephanie Boyd.

1 Mar 2016 2 minute read

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Peru’s merry-go-rounders

Peruvians head to polling stations across the Andean nation, Lucas Iberico Lozada reports.

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