Peru Constitutional Court Justice Resigns to Press Congress to Name Successor
The process of some 4,300 cases being heard by Peru’s Constitutional Court will be affected by the resignation of one of the justices, according to the head of the court, Oscar Urviola. On Monday, the...
View ArticleCongress Aims to Decide on Ombudsman Head on Tuesday
Peru’s legislators hope to decide Tuesday who they will choose to lead the country’s national ombudsman’s office, the Defensoria del Pueblo, according to Congressman Michael Urtecho. The appointment of...
View ArticleTia Maria Copper Project: At the Negotiation Table Again
Farmers and government officials are attempting to sit at the bargaining table again today in Arequipa, following the death of a second protester in Mollendo, in the most recent violent protests...
View ArticleLaw Eases Search for Persons Missing in 1980-2000 Armed Conflict
A law on the Search for Missing Persons has been published today in the official gazette, El Peruano, to facilitate the search for persons who were reported missing during the two decades of internal...
View ArticleGood Samaritans? Unconventional Partnerships in Disaster Governance
By Caroline Brassard — The Mark News — The increasing emergence of ‘non-traditional actors’ in the humanitarian field – some of whom bring specialized skills and innovative technology, others who are...
View ArticleCongress Election of Central Bank Directors Criticized
The election in Congress Thursday of three new governors to Peru’s Central Bank has been met with loud protests from the minority opposition in the Congress and also criticism from political analysts...
View ArticleCriticism Builds on Congressional Choice of Central Bank Directors
The left-wing Frente Amplio party in Congress has presented a motion to annul the election by Congress last week of three members to the Central Reserve Bank’s board of governors. At the same time,...
View ArticleUnprecedented Changes
By Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werrell — The Mark News — The greatest migration since World War II continues. Refugees are flowing in record numbers from around the world. It is a humanitarian crisis...
View ArticleIN BRIEF —
State-owned TV Peru is to launch a news program in Quechua as part of a government policy to end ethnic and cultural discrimination. Culture minister Jorge Nieto said the program will be broadcast as...
View ArticleGovernment Gets Rid of “Useless Red Tape”
Cabinet chief Fernando Zavala today announced a package of measures to eliminate “useless red tape” in administrative procedures, via a data bank interconnection between government institutions. The...
View ArticleCongress Takes Unconstitutional Step, Amends Budget Act
On Thursday evening, the Fujimorista majority in Congress voted to repeal an article in the 2016 Budget Act, to allow regional and local governments to amend or reassign their budgets. However, the...
View ArticleThe Fruits of Oligarchy
By Rachel Kleinfeld — The Mark News — Donald Trump’s election to the U.S. presidency was more than an endorsement of his politics — it was a rejection of the perceived oligarchy that much of the...
View ArticleFour Confirmed Dead in Larcomar Fire
A district attorney has confirmed that three women and one man died Wednesday morning in a fire at the Larcomar entertainment mall in Miraflores. The fire began at around 9:45am in one of the UVK...
View ArticlePresident Kuczynski: Let’s Show Them the Best
On the eve of the main APEC summit events being held in Lima this week, President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski called for Peruvians to welcome the APEC leaders “with open arms.” “Let’s show them the best of...
View ArticleForest Fires Raze Crops and Wildlife in Andean Highlands
Park rangers and firefighters have succeeded in putting out fires in four wildlife reserves in northern Peru, but several other forest fires continue to smolder or burn in other parts of the country....
View ArticleOver The Line
By Mark Hiznay — The Mark News — In 1999, more than 100 countries converged on Mozambique’s capital, Maputo, for the first formal meeting of the Ottawa Treaty, or the 1997 Convention on the...
View ArticleCADE 2016 Business Meeting Opens in Paracas
Cabinet chief Fernando Zavala is heading south of Lima today, to the beach resort of Paracas, to inaugurate the annual business executives meeting, CADE 2016. The meeting brings together several...
View ArticleThe Nuclear Renaissance?
By Mark Hibbs — The Mark News — In 1945 generating electricity was one of a number of potential applications of atom-splitting technology developed in a hurry by the United States to help win a world...
View ArticlePeru’s Tourism on a Roll
Peru ranks top of the world’s best culinary destinations in 2016, chosen by the World Travel Awards and announced at their annual winners event, held this year in the Maldives. This is Peru’s fifth...
View ArticleKuczynski Appoints New Defense and Culture Ministers
President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski swore in two new ministers on Monday, the first shift in his cabinet since his inauguration in July. Jorge Nieto, who headed the Ministry of Culture since July and was...
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