Peru’s ex-president Alberto Fujimori was just pardoned — again. What’s going on? Ñusta Carranza Ko - March 30, 2022 Since he was convicted of crimes against humanity in 2009, his sentence has been hotly contested
Why Peru’s next leader was elected by a less than 1 percent margin Will Freeman and Cynthia McClintock - June 9, 2021 For Pedro Castillo and the left-wing Peru Libre party, the challenges ahead are enormous
Peru’s military say Shining Path insurgents killed 16 civilians. Others are not so sure. Jo-Marie Burt - June 5, 2021 Here’s how the politics of fear — and the legacy of old violence — may factor into Sunday’s voting.
El Salvador’s president launched a ‘self-coup.’ Watch for creeping corruption and authoritarianism. Steven Levitsky and Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez - May 19, 2021 Peru’s authoritarian past is a cautionary tale for El Salvador’s future
Peru’s upcoming presidential election is really a referendum on its troubled constitution Maxwell A. Cameron and Paolo Sosa-Villagarcia - May 13, 2021 What’s at stake in the runoff between leftist front-runner Pedro Castillo and right-wing, dynastic candidate Keiko Fujimori?
Peru’s government forcibly sterilized Indigenous women from 1996 to 2001, the women say. Why? Ñusta Carranza Ko - February 18, 2021 Indigenous women have been demanding justice ever since.
Thousands of Peruvians are protesting the government’s rapid turnovers José Incio - November 24, 2020 A growing number of citizens no longer believe in the legitimacy of Peru’s main parties
Peru had three presidents in just one week. How could that happen? Ñusta Carranza Ko - November 17, 2020 When legislators impeached a popular reformer, protests toppled his successor
After weeks of Latin American protests, expect to see more women elected to office Magda Hinojosa, Kendall D. Funk, and Jennifer Piscopo - November 6, 2019 Parties nominate more women when citizens distrust government — because so many people believe women are more honest
How one company’s deep web of corruption took down governments across Latin America Lindsay Mayka and Andrés Lovón - May 22, 2019 And how Brazil, Mexico and Peru responded with a wave of anticorruption measures