Articles

• Regional and Municipal Elections – Independents Prevail

  Update 118.

  The results from the November 19 regional and municipal elections provided further evidence, if this were needed, of the poor standing of Peru's national political parties.

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• A round-up of the year

  Update 118.

  2006 has been a year of elections throughout Latin America and none was followed more closely than that in Peru with the final two candidates – Alan García and Ollanta Humala going head to head in the polls and a very slim margin in the final round of voting.

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• Editorial: PSG Investigating UK mining in Peru

  Update 117.

  Conflicts between mining companies and communities in the areas where they operate are nothing new in Peru. However, they are becoming increasingly commonplace, leading often to violent stand-offs.
   

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• Garcia takes the helm of the Peruvian economy

  Update 117.

  What are called "the international financial institutions" remain well entrenched in Peru under its new president, Alan García, who took office from his predecessor Alejandro Toledo on 28 July.

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• Editorial: President Garcia takes office

  Update 116.

  Alan García takes over as president of Peru on July 28. Few people would have thought that the disgraced politician who left his country in an economic shambles in 1990 would return to resume his tenancy of Lima's Palacio de Pizarro.

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• Mining in Peru – Community Rights and Corporate Responsibilities

  Update 116.

  A key area of concern first documented by the PSG last year in its 'Mining and Poverty' bulletin is the rise and escalation of mining-community conflicts. Mining is the country's leading economic sector providing 55% of its exports and accounting for 6% of its GDP. However, although mining has the potential to contribute to Peru's development and alleviate poverty, the rise of anti-mining protests and demonstrations has led to the delay and suspension of various mining and exploration projects around the country.

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• The South American Explores Club of Lima

  Update 116.

  South American Explorers has always had a special relationship with Peru as its first Clubhouse was founded in Lima in 1977, and has had a permanent presence there ever since.

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• Editorial: The new President

  Update 115.

  The election of a new president opens up a new period, a period that provides the chance to look at things differently. It brings new opportunities, and hopefully new approaches to old problems. But we don't know whether these opportunities will be grasped, still less whether Peru in five years time is a better place for the majority of Peruvians than it is today.

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• Putting the spin into Peruvian Politics: The role of the media in the 2006 Elections

  Update 115.

  The power of the media is rarely exercised with more impact than during elections. The seriousness with which politicians court media executives reflects the media's potential to make or break the ambitions of would-be political kingpins. The union of political advantage with commercial interest, often in the form of lucrative advertising campaigns, is a cause of concern in many countries, but in few places does the charge of media bias resonate as strongly as in Peru.

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• PSG Public Meeting: Big Challenges ahead for UK mining in Peru

  Update 114.

  Increasingly, UK mining companies are under scrutiny for their activities in Peru. To discuss the issues at hand, a meeting was held at Portcullis House, the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday 21st March 2006 to hear Mr Nicanor Alvarado from VIMA, a faith-based environmental organisation.

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