Articles by: Javier Puente

September 20, 2024

Tamara Feinstein’s carefully researched text offers a comprehensive map of the rise and demise of the Left in Peru.

September 13, 2024

The former strongman’s political project lives on in his ideology of Fujimorismo, championed by his polarizing daughter. Peru’s collective memory will be the judge in the face of enduring impunity.

April 14, 2021

The little-known candidate, branded as a leftist, emerged as the victor of Peru’s first round election. But his leftism is a façade for the reactionary Right.

November 18, 2019

Across the Andean region, movements against corruption, austerity, high costs of living, and undemocratic maneuvers also fight to change a political and economic model rooted in dispossession.