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Peru: Praying for Justice

In Northern Peru, residents of Tambogrande are praying once and for all that a newly reopened lawsuit against anti-mining...

Peru: “If I Don’t Come Back, Look For Me in Putis” 

On Nov. 13, in a crowded room at the Inter-cultural Center at Georgetown University, the audience traveled to Ayacucho, Peru...

Peru: “If I Don’t Come Back, Look For Me in Putis” 

On Nov. 13, in a crowded room at the Inter-cultural Center at Georgetown University, the audience traveled to Ayacucho, Peru...

Militarization and the War on Drugs in Peru: Interview with Ricardo Soberón

The government of Alan García has initiated Plan VRAE, a military offensive in the South Andean region of Ayacucho, specifically...

Peru: Interview with Political Prisoner Lori Berenson

American activist Lori Berenson was pulled off a bus in Peru in November of 1995, detained by anti-terrorist police, and...

Peru: Buried But Not Forgotten on International Day of the Disappeared

On a cold December night in 1984 in Putis, Peru more than 100 men, women, and children were forced to...

Peru: Piura Votes, A Dangerous Precedent

One year ago today, a local vote was held concerning possible mining activity in three highland districts in northwestern Peru....

Peru: Tambogrande Mine Returns Amidst Two Other Conflicts

With the Tambogrande mine threat getting renewed — amidst the occupation of a mine in Puno and a fraudulent referendum...

Unburying the Evidence of Peru's Biggest "Dirty War" Massacre

It was not hard to find the remains of the victims, some of whose bones were actually exposed to the...

Peru: Indigenous Organizations Aim for the Presidency

Peru’s indigenous associations are pursuing a political project of their own, and hope to win power in the 2011 presidential...

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