Peru

September 3, 2019
Néstor David Pastor

With his latest constitutional maneuvering, President Martín Vizcarra is trying to change Peru's political landscape while avoiding the fate of his predecessors. 

June 27, 2019
César R. Nureña, Federico Helfgott

In Peru, mainstream anti-corruption efforts return for a second act. Without political and structural change at every level, can Peru’s weak institutions rise to the challenge?

June 25, 2019
Francisco Durand

El Caso Odebrecht demuestra el fenómeno de la captura corporativa del estado en países como Brasil y Perú. Sin embargo, nuevas medidas de investigación prometen facilitar la lucha contra la corrupción.

June 18, 2019
Néstor David Pastor

After months of power struggle, Peru’s President successfully challenged Congress to take on his anti-corruption agenda, narrowly avoiding a constitutional crisis. Will they follow through?

April 24, 2019
Leigh Campoamor

In the hills of Lima, a concrete wall divides a poor neighborhood from a wealthy gated community, marking a border defined by centuries of structural neglect.

April 2, 2019
Laura Weiss and Joe Nevins

Read the editor's intro to our latest print issue, "Beyond Borders," by Laura Weiss and guest editor Joseph Nevins.

March 19, 2019
Alvaro Céspedes

In 1989, a military commander raped a schoolteacher in Oxapampa the same night her husband was killed by a military brigade. Since then, like many other women in Peru, Raquel Martin is still looking for just reparations, 30 years later.

October 9, 2018
Jacquelyn Kovarik

The rights-monitoring app was launched earlier this year in 11 countries—but some activists and experts wonder if it's just another colonial tool to extract indigenous knowledge. 

August 29, 2018
Olga González

The Peruvian government’s confiscation of a collection of art from a Lima museum on the grounds of “terrorism” suggests that Peru’s legacy of violence against Indigenous communities is alive and well.

August 14, 2018
Michael Wilson Becerril

Las empresas mineras multinacionales en el norte de Perú han ideado una serie de estrategias para reprimir el activismo y la protesta ambiental, desde la inversión estratégica y relaciones mediáticas hasta la intimidación y la represión directa.

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