Peru

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Lima, Peru – On March 19th, a group of protestors and various indigenous activist groups gathered near the central square in Lima to raise awareness about the spiritual and cultural uses of the coca leaf, roughly two weeks after the International Narcotics Control Board of the United Nations urged the Peruvian government to consider banning the use and sale of the leaf. […]

A two-day national agrarian strike against a pending Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States ended on Wednesday February 20th, leaving four farmers dead after President Alan Garcia declared a state of emergency and ordered a violent crackdown. […]

 (IPS) – Teófila Ochoa and Cirila Pulido, survivors of a 1985 massacre in Peru, said that seeing retired Peruvian army officer Telmo Hurtado in prison-issue clothing and shackles was the closest they have come to […]

In this interview, student leader Jhon Ochoa describes how students rebuilt a movement after the dictatorship of Fujimori, and explains that student activists are not terrorists as they have been portrayed by the media and the administration of La Cantuta University.

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In Lima alone, community kitchens provide food for half a million people daily. Over 100,000 women work in the local efforts each day to feed their children, and they do it collectively, seeking mutual support to overcome poverty. […]

A new trade deal with Peru that passed in the US Congress last week boasts non-binding labor and environmental concessions, and promises more of the same damages to both countries.

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Activists in Peru and the United States are mobilizing against the pending US-Peru Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The US-Peru FTA has passed both the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee, but […]

The Chilean Supreme Court this morning ruled in favor of Peru‘s nearly two-year-old request that former President Alberto Fujimori be sent home to face charges of corruption and human rights abuses. The decision, reached by five appeals judges, overturns an earlier Supreme Court ruling rejecting the extradition request. […]