Peru

Massive Protests In Peru Against ‘Legislative Coup’

November 14, 2020 Kenny Stancil, Commondreams. Resist! coup, Neoliberalism, Peru, Police violence

Thousands of Peruvians have taken to the streets this week to protest the interim government of newly appointed President Manuel Merino, a member of Peru's center-right Popular Action Party who as head of Congress played a key role in ousting his predecessor, Martín Vizcarra, in what critics are calling a "legislative coup." As The Washington Post reported earlier this week, the removal of Vizcarra on Monday was "based on still-unproven bribery allegations," which critics called "a congressional coup staged by Machiavellian legislators desperate to halt his anti-corruption and political reform campaigns."

Peru: Unions Protest Against Government’s Economic Measures

April 23, 2020 Telesur English. Resist! COVID-19, Peru, Wages, Worker Rights

Labor Unions in Peru are protesting against a new economic measure from the government that seeks to cease work until the COVID-19 pandemic dissipates. Peruvian President, Martin Vizcarra, announced on April 12 the implementation of the measure as his administration faces the COVID-19 impact. The “perfect suspension” states that those who are unable to work because of the virus can stop working for up to 90 days, but their employers are not required to pay them for the time they are unemployed. Despite the economic issues, workers remain under contract with consequent obligations. According to Geronimo Lopez, General Chief of Peruvian Unions, "This government does not respect the space of social dialogue; we the workers are taking on and carrying this crisis of the COVID-19. In the face of this, we are going to take action to fight, a nationwide demonstration".

Pink Tide Against US Domination Rising Again In Latin America

October 14, 2019 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance Newsletter Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, US Empire, Venezuela

Once again, the left is rising in Latin America as people revolt against authoritarian regimes, many of whom were put in place by US-supported coups. These regimes have taken International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans and are under the thumb of international finance, which is against the interests of people. After the embattled President of Ecuador claimed that President Nicolas Maduro was the cause of the massive protests against him, Maduro made clear what was occurring in Latin America, saying: “We have two models: the IMF model which privatizes everything and takes away the people’s rights to health, education and work; and the humanist-progressive model which is emerging in Latin America and has the Bolivarian Revolution at the forefront.”

Citizens’ Demands Step Up In Peru

October 7, 2019 Gustavo Espinoza M., Resumen Latinoamericano in Peru, translation North America burea Resist! Electoral Politics, Latin America, Peru

Yes, finally the demands of the citizens have come into play. Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra, cornered by the mafia of Fujimori supporters and the Aprista movement, has decided to dissolve the Congress of the Republic and convene new parliamentary elections next January 26. This is an action that would be considered completely legitimate and rational in Spain, England, or France is being objected to in the South American country by the most reactionary groups and is being branded as a “Chavista” measure.

Sacred Headwaters Summit Strengthening Alliances Across Borders

April 18, 2019 Staff, News.pachamama.org Resist! Ecuador, Indigenous Peoples, Latin America, Peru

The Sacred Headwaters region of the Amazon, which the indigenous people are now also referring to as Territories for Life, is made up of 60 million acres of tropical rainforest in Ecuador and Peru in the very headwaters of the Amazon River—the most biodiverse region of the planet. Pachamama Alliance has been participating with a coalition of NGOs and indigenous groups on an initiative to secure permanent protection of this region since 2016. The purpose of the summit was to strengthen alliances of the indigenous nations who—while separated by an imaginary line separating Ecuador and Peru...

Welcome To Hell: The Peruvian Mining City Of La Rinconada

April 1, 2019 By Andre Vltchek, Countercurrents.org Educate! Mining, Peru

No one can agree how high above the sea level that La Rinconada really lies at: 5,300 meters or 5,200 meters?On the access road, a metal plate says 5,015. But who really cares? It is indisputably the highest settlement in the world; a gold mining town, a concentration of misery,a community of around 70,000 inhabitants, many of whom have beenpoisoned by mercury. A place where countless women and children get regularly raped, where law and order collapsed quite some time ago, where young girls are sent to garbage dumps in order to ‘recycle’ terribly smelling waste...

Duke University Gets Corporate Mining Gift To Help Exploit Indigenous People Of Peru

January 9, 2018 By Gary G. Kohls, Transcend.org Educate! Corporations, Higher Education, Indigenous Peoples, Mining, Peru

3 Jan 2017 – Below are two articles that nicely illustrate the cunning methods that ALL multinational mining, exploration, drilling, energy extractive or oil transporting corporations use to try to sanitize what in reality are greedy designs to enrich corporate stakeholders by raping, stealing, exploiting and permanently polluting the land, water and air that really has always belonged to the indigenous people and who simply want to protect what has always been theirs.The first article illustrates how an otherwise respected major educational institution like Duke University (of Durham, North Carolina) could be easily bamboozled by financial enticements from an exploitive corporation.

In Peru, This Young Activist Is Sparking A Movement For Climate Justice

October 28, 2016 Sabrina Imbler, www.grist.org Resist! Activists, Climate Change, Peru

By Sabrina Imbler for Grist - Majandra Rodriguez Acha was 19 when her country erupted in protests over Amazonian oil. The year was 2009, and Peru’s president had just opened the jungle to oil development, ensuring the displacement of thousands of indigenous people. Enraged by the violent clashes she saw on television, Acha attended a protest on her own. The police released tear gas on Acha and the other protesters as they shouted “La selva no se vende, la selva se defiende.” In other words: You don’t sell the jungles, you defend them.

Corporate ‘Biopiracy’ In Peru Threatens Indigenous Knowledge

October 22, 2016 Rael Mora, www.telesurtv.net Organize! Corporations, Indigenous Peoples, Peru

By Rael Mora for TeleSUR - The production and consumption of natural Andean and Amazonian ancestral products in Peru is threatened by the "biopiracy" of foreign companies who have filed over 11,690 patents for the domestic produce of the region, effectively poaching the natural heritage of the country. The resources are said to be rich in nutrients and vitamins and range from those with anti-aging properties to those that act as natural aphrodisiacs.

The US Returns To Latin America

April 17, 2016 Vijay Prashad, www.counterpunch.org Educate! Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Imperialism, Latin America, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

By Vijay Prashad for the Hindu and Counterpunch. The financial crisis of 2007-08 dented China’s economy and saw the slow deterioration of commodity prices. It took a few years for the economic impact to strike Latin America with ferocity. A sharp tumble in oil prices in the summer of 2008 put the brakes on many of the social programmes that had become essential to the Bolivarian dynamic. It signalled the weakness in the experiment against Western domination. President Barack Obama’s administration focussed intently on Latin America. Opportunity struck with the 2009 coup in Honduras against the Left-wing government of Manuel Zelaya. Mr. Obama recognised the new military-backed government. It opened the door to a more aggressive stance vis-à-vis Latin American states. The presidency of Peru’s Ollanta Humala (2011) and the second presidency of Chile’s Michelle Bachelet (2014) — both ostensibly of the Left — hastily drew in cabinet members vetted by the bankers and made their peace with the hegemony of the U.S. Chávez’s death in 2012 meant that the Bolivarians lost their most charismatic champion. The impact of the Honduran coup and Chávez’s death had made itself felt along the spine of Latin America. The U.S., it was being said, is back.

400-Year-Old City In Peru Could Disappear Due To Mine Toxins

December 5, 2015 Janel Saldana, www.latintimes.com Educate! Mining, Peru

By Janel Saldana for Latin Times - A Peruvian city that was once high up in the Andes is now slowly sinking into the abyss. 400 years ago, Cerro de Pasco, the first town in Peru to be liberated from the Spanish, was one of the richest cities in the country because of its rapid mining growth. The legend tells that in the 1800s, the rocks around campfires in town wept silver. Unfortunately, a city that seemed to have it all has found an enemy in the entity that has been supporting it for all these years, the mine. Operated by Volcan Compañía Minera, the open-pit mine is creating a deep hole in the middle of the city and destroying its neighborhoods and most importantly, its people.

Las Bambas Project: Restriction On Indigenous Input In Peru’s Mining

November 7, 2015 Evelyn Estrada, www.coha.org Resist! Mining, Peru

By Evelyn Estrada for COHA - On September 29, 15,000 people from the mountainous Peruvian regions of Apurimac and Cusco broke into Las Bambas mining camp, which is a $7.4 billion USD Chinese-owned copper mine being developed in the region. The protesters are deeply troubled over the mining project’s environmental impact and the lack of consultation with the surrounding unsettled communities.[1] MMG Limited (Minerals and Metals Group), a Chinese-based firm, planned to continue to develop build a plant to process the mining ore near their communities rather than transport it by pipe, raising concerns over potential environmental damage that could be done to the surrounding area.

Lima: 5,000 Protest Against World Bank, IMF, And TPP

October 20, 2015 Michael S. Wilson, www.nacla.org Resist! IMF, Peru, TPP, World Bank

By Michael S. Wilson for NACLA - At the annual governors’ meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in Lima between October 5th and 12th, an estimated 800 representatives from 188 countries negotiated the shape of the world’s soon-to-be renovated finance infrastructure. While the international media focused on the official event, 1,200 people attended the Plataforma Alternativa conference—a parallel three-day meeting organized under the theme “Belying the ‘Peruvian Miracle.’” The World Bank and IMF’s governor’s meeting was safeguarded by three perimeters of police.

Civil Society Challenges World Bank Annual Meeting

October 11, 2015 Anuradha Mittal, Alnoor Ladha and Cesar Gamboa, www.ourlandourbusiness.org Resist! Neoliberalism, Peru, Poverty, wealth inequality, World Bank

By Anuradha Mittal, Alnoor Ladha and Cesar Gamboa for Our Land, Our Business. Lima, Peru — The International Monetary Fund–World Bank Annual Meetings will take place in Lima, Peru this year from October 9 to 11. This is the first time these meetings are happening in Latin America in over 40 years. Peru is the poster child for the World Bank claiming “success” from its neoliberal policies and reforms, which the Bank is promoting to the rest of the world. Ranking 35th in the Bank’s Doing Business survey, Peru scored the second highest position in Latin America in 2015. This, according to the World Bank, means that Peru has created a regulatory environment “conducive to business.” The Peruvian development model, based on extractive industries and exports of raw materials, however, has concentrated the country’s natural resources and wealth in the hands of few private corporations at a high cost for the Peruvian population.

Peru Declares State Of Emergency Over Mine Protests

October 2, 2015 Staff, www.dw.com Resist! China, Mine, Peru, Protest

By Staff of Deutsche Welle News - On Monday night local time, Peruvian police clashed with locals protesting the construction of a large copper mine, leaving three dead and 15 injured, including eight police. In response to the clashes, the Peruvian government on Tuesday issued a state of emergency in six provinces. The government order suspends the right to freedom of assembly, inviolability of the home and freedom of movement. The national police will be supported by the armed forces in maintaining the country's internal order and protecting public services, according to the state of emergency declaration.

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