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Politics
2010 Apr -
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Sep 2011
Congress Approves Creation of Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion
Peruvian Times
President Humala's approval rises to 70 percent
Jun 2011
Peru protests turn deadly as govt halts mine project
Reuters
Five facts about Peru's new president, Ollanta Humala
CNN
Sep 2010
Deborah Poole (Professor of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University) interviews Peruvian Indigenous Leader Mario Palacios
NACLA
Aug 2010
Peru's indigenous to launch political party
Jun 2010
"Globalization has rolled into the Peruvian Amazon" by Hernando de Soto - Internationally recognised Peruvian Economist.
Institute for Liberty and Democracy
May 2010
Indigenous organization supports Congress approval of prior consultation law
Peru Congress approves legislation to protect whistle blowers
Apr 2010
President Garcia signs regulations for Universal Health Insurance law
Living in Peru
2011 Presidential Election
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What should Peru do? An article by Paul Goulder for the Peruvian Times looks at the 2011 Peru presidential election from the point of view of economics and history.
BBC
Peru election: Is Ollanta Humala the great transformer?
Elecciones Generales 2011 Segunda Elección Presidencial (Results)
La Republica - Map
ONPE
Apr 2011
Guardian
Leftist 'comandante' faces former first lady in Peru's presidential election
The 2011 Election: Facing a leap back to the bad old days
La Replica.pe
Los 10 candidatos, sus partidos y propuestas
Mar 2011
Peru Support Group
Peru's Presidential Elections: Briefing for UK Parliamentarians
Jan 2011
Wikipedia
Peruvian 2011 General Election: good info and poll history
Jul 2010
Keiko Fujimori ranks first in voters' preferences for 2011 elections
Bloomberg
Peru President Garcias Popularity Sinks as Economy Booms (VG summary by Bloomberg)
Suggested Reading
May 2011 What should Peru do? An article by Paul Goulder for the Peruvian Times looks at the 2011 Peru
presidential election from the point of view of economics and history.
"Peru's Democratic Culture, 2010" - A summary in English by the Peru Support Group:
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extract:
"Racial and ethnic discrimination. Peru has one of the worst rates of discrimination of countries in which there is a large ethnic population. Racism was worse only in the Dominican Republic and in Bolivia". co-published by USAID.
"Cultura Política De La Democracia en Perú, 2010" (Versión en español):
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May 2011 "Fractured Politics: Peruvian Democracy Past and Present", edited by John Crabtree (VG).
Oct 2008 "Peru: the politics of social protest" by John Crabtree
July 2008 "Alan García and Peru: a tale of two eras" by John Crabtree.
John Crabtree is a research associate at Oxford University's Centre for Latin American Studies.
