South America

The passage of a law aimed at improving access to information for deaf people should be good news. However, the recent Law No. 32724, which amends Law No. 29973, the General Law on Persons with Disabilities, has sparked a major…

In an official ceremony, the National Elections Board (JNE) presented Keiko Fujimori Higushi with her credentials as constitutional president of the Republic for the 2026–2031 term, as well as to Vice President Luis Galarreta and Second Vice President Miguel Angel…

Students, current scholarship recipients, and former recipients of the National Scholarship Program (PRONABEC) held a series of decentralized demonstrations on Monday, July 13, in Lima and Cusco. The students are demanding that the public consultation period on the proposed amendment…

As Peru prepares for the presidential transition on July 28, the public has its own agenda, with the first task being the repeal of the “Pro-Crime” Laws that continue to plunge hundreds of households nationwide into mourning. The Lima Bar…

Former President Pedro Castillo stated on his X account that “the Peruvian state flagrantly violated his human rights and that he was subjected to arbitrary detention while serving as President of the Republic on December 7, 2022.” Castillo Terrones made…

Meanwhile, in the U.S., public systems are crumbling or being sold off to private corporations Upon landing in Miami, a TSA agent asked me where I had just come from. “Nicaragua,” I said. “Aren’t the people there poor?” he asked.…

The United Nations (UN) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concluded that the detention of former President Pedro Castillo Terrones is “arbitrary” and recommended his immediate release. In addition, it requested that the Peruvian government provide, within six months, information on…

University federations in Lima and the Peruvian Student Federation (FEP) rallied in massive support of students at the National University of Ucayali (UNU) following the intervention of the Peruvian National Police (PNP) on campus, which involved the excessive use of…

A hypothesis regarding “foreign” fraud that may have occurred during Peru’s runoff election was developed by Sergio Pascual, a telecommunications engineer and anthropologist in Spain, former first secretary of organization for Podemos, and a contributor to election observation missions. His…

Political leaders Alfonso López Chau (Ahora Nación), Roberto Sánchez Palomino (Juntos por el Perú), and Ricardo Belmont Cassinelli (Partido Cívico Obras), along with senators and representatives from the three caucuses in the new Congress of the Republic, signed a pledge…