RSSEl 28 de julio, en el aniversario número 189 de la independencia peruana, tanto en el país como en el extranjero, los peruanos no pudieron resistirse a sentir un gran orgullo con respecto a la prosperidad de su país. Perú ha sido identificado como el país con el mayor índice de crecimiento en[...]
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August 6th, 2010 - 8:27 am § in Front Page, Peru
Peru: Redefining Independence
On July 28th, the 189th anniversary of Peru’s independence from Spain, Peruvians both at home and abroad could not help but feel a heightened sense of pride over their country’s prosperity. Peru has been identified as possessing the fastest-growing Latin American economy in 2010 and has achieved[...]
The Struggle Between Indigenous Folkways and National Law: Resolving the Past and the Present
Over the last twenty years, almost all applicable Latin American countries have been moving toward full recognition of their multiethnic citizenship. Peru codified indigenous rights in 1993, Ecuador legalized them in 1998, and Bolivia passed a new constitution including embedded indigenous rights [...]
June 15th, 2010 - 9:42 am § in Front Page, Peru
Peru’s Alan García: Low-Balling Human Rights
Peru made international headlines several weeks ago when indigenous leader Segundo Alberto Pizango Chota returned to the country after almost a year in exile. Upon his arrival at the Lima airport on May 26th, he was immediately detained. A day later, he was freed on bail, although he still faces ch[...]
June 2nd, 2010 - 10:43 am § in Front Page, Peru
Welcome, Mr. Peruvian President: Why Alan García is no hero to his people
Peruvian president Alan García came to Washington yesterday to meet with President Obama. Though the leaders have briefly met previously at multilateral conferences, this visit marked García’s first solo audience with the U.S. president. García, elected in 2006, has positioned his country along[...]
The Fabulous Life of the Ravenous Vultures
• How perverted financial companies mock global development policy. • Pennies on the dollar vulture funds are the bottom feeders of global finance Since the mid-90s, the so-called vulture funds have been suing poor countries so that they would fully pay back their debts which they had purchased [...]
January 22nd, 2010 - 12:22 pm § in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Front Page, Peru, Reports, Uncategorized
Peacekeeping and Military Operations by Latin American Militaries: Between Being a Good Samaritan and Servicing the National Interest
A December 14, 2009 report by the Spanish security-news agency Infodefensa.com states that Colombia is now prepared to dispatch a battalion of its Special Forces and air force personnel to Afghanistan. The Colombian involvement is being sponsored by Spain in order to aid Coalition forces now engaged[...]
The Dirty Little Secret: Nuclear Security Issues in Latin America and the Caribbean
Globally, nuclear power has become an increasingly important source of energy, accounting for about 15% of the world’s electricity supply. When it comes to Latin America, 3.1% of electricity comes from this source. However, the nettlesome security issues resulting from utilizing nuclear energy sou[...]
El VRAE: Alan García’s Failed Domestic Policy
Since early 2006, almost fifty members of the Peruvian armed forces and the national police have died in the region of el VRAE (a Spanish acronym for the valley of the rivers Apurimac and Ene). For approximately two decades, this region has been the setting of an ongoing series of lethal encounters [...]
September 28th, 2009 - 1:57 pm § in In the News, Peru
Interconnect: García’s Decline in Peru
Interconnect Newsletter September 2009, Vol. 16, No. 3 By COHA Research Associate Steve Schaffer When Alan García first came to power in Peru in 1985 under the Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana (APRA) party, he was wildly hailed as Latin America’s JFK. Unfortunately, his reign was, ins[...]