Jump to navigation

Browse Peru

Sign now: an open letter to Peru’s President

8 Dec 2011 2 minute read

This article is almost 12 years old.

Sign now: an open letter to Peru’s President

The recent violence against protesters at the Yanacocha mine has been caught on film. Now campaigners are calling on President...

7 Dec 2011 10 minute read

This article is almost 12 years old.

Business as usual: Peru’s new president leaps to the right

By pushing forward a hotly contested mining project and enacting a state of emergency, Ollanta Humala's presidency is off to a...

Victory for Asháninka against Amazonian dam-builders

25 Nov 2011 1 minute read

This article is almost 12 years old.

Victory for Asháninka against Amazonian dam-builders

Respect for indigenous rights leads to company pull-out on controversial dam project in Peru, reports Vanessa Baird...

1 Oct 2011 13 minute read

This article is more than 12 years old.

Peru's dam busters

Vanessa Baird discovers why the Asháninka people of the River Ene are taking a hard line against dam builders – and others.

1 Oct 2011 11 minute read

This article is more than 12 years old.

Peruvians rise up against the mines

The scale of indigenous-led protests against mining in southern Peru took most by surprise. Vanessa Baird on...

Podcast: Vanessa Baird on nature's defenders

30 Sep 2011 1 minute read

This article is more than 12 years old.

Podcast: Vanessa Baird on nature's defenders

An interview with Vanessa Baird, author of our October issue's main feature on the indigenous peoples resisting...

In the pay of Big Oil, so don’t trust the ‘evidence’

30 Sep 2011 3 minute read

This article is more than 12 years old.

In the pay of Big Oil, so don’t trust the ‘evidence’

Environmental consultancy Daimi was paid by oil company Perenco to find out if there are uncontacted indigenous groups in the...

Peru wipes 'uncontacted' tribes off the map

22 Jun 2011 2 minute read

This article is more than 12 years old.

Peru wipes 'uncontacted' tribes off the map

The isolated Indian tribes of the Napo-Tigre region no longer exist, according to the government's cartographers. They couldn'...

Peru's narrow escape from more Fujimori

7 Jun 2011 3 minute read

This article is more than 12 years old.

Peru's narrow escape from more Fujimori

Vanessa Baird reports from Peru, which has just elected a left-leaning President.

Amazon knock back is sign of strength!

2 Jun 2011 4 minute read

This article is more than 12 years old.

Amazon knock back is sign of strength!

New Internationalist's co-editor Vanessa Baird is reassured by the Asháninka community's refusal to talk to...

Safe from ConocoPhillips... but what about the missionaries?

26 May 2011 3 minute read

This article is more than 12 years old.

Safe from ConocoPhillips... but what about the missionaries?

Public outcry about the risk to two uncontacted indigenous groups has caused the oil giant to pull out of a remote area of the...

1 Jan 2011 6 minute read

This article is almost 13 years old.

Hugo Blanco

Leading voice for indigenous rights, Hugo Blanco.

16 Sep 2010 8 minute read

This article is more than 13 years old.

Indigenous mothers-to-be: not mothers enough?

Pregnant women from indigenous communities face multiple layers of discrimination. As leaders gather in New York to discuss...

8 Jun 2010 4 minute read

This article is more than 13 years old.

The great cover-up

A Peruvian journalist was recently jailed in a court case already abandoned by the claimant. So why did Alejandro Carrascal...

22 Dec 2009 3 minute read

This article is almost 14 years old.

The future’s bright… the future’s yellow?!

Roxana Olivera reveals the significance of sunny underwear in Peru’s New Year celebrations.

2 Nov 2009 7 minute read

This article is almost 14 years old.

The ticking bomb

Peru’s rash of unlikely terrorists. *Stephanie Boyd* reports.

Pages

Subscribe Ethical Shop