Peru
Alejandro Toledo, the former president of Peru, reflects on institution building in Peru and the role of the Inter-American system in defending human rights and democracy. Read this feature from the Summer 2009 issue of Americas Quarterly.
Chilean Minister of Finance Andrés Velasco, Canadian Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty, and World Bank President Robert Zoellick joined AS/COA's Santiago conference. Topics included the global economic downturn in Latin America, Chile's response, and the role that hemispheric integration and investment will play in recovery.
With an eye to the recent conflict in Peru's Amazon region, the Council of the Americas hosted a June 18 briefing in Washington by Peru’s Ambassador to the U.S. Luis Valdivieso.
In an AQ web exclusive, Lila Barrera-Hernández spells out the details surrounding recent indigenous protests against government decrees on land use and resources in the Peruvian Amazon region of Bagua.
Violence in Bagua, Peru claimed dozens of lives when indigenous groups clashed with police forces because of a dispute over laws related to land and resources. Conflicting reports emerged over which side is responsible, the number of fatalities, and foreign involvement.