News Updates

March 24, 2008
BBC News
   Peru tribe battles oil giant over pollution -- It is a familiar story. Big business moves into a pristine wilderness and starts destroying the environment and by turn the livelihoods of the indigenous people who live there.
 
February 08, 2008
BBC News
   Peru's potato passion goes global -- At harvest time in the highland village of Paucho, the first crop of potatoes are baked in a hole in the ground covered with hot rocks, in a ceremony called Watia - a homage to Pacha Mama, or Mother Earth.
 
December 05, 2007
BBC News
   US Senate passes Peru trade pact -- The United States Senate has overwhelmingly approved a free-trade agreement with Peru.
 
November 08, 2007
Oxfam America
   Peru Trade Deal Fails to Deliver on Development Potential -- US House of Representatives has recently passed the US-Peru Free Trade Agreement. This deal could have disastrous effects on Peru's development. Oxfam America explains why.
 
September 28, 2007
opendemocracy.net
   Alberto Fujimori’s return: a political timebomb -- Alberto Fujimori is extradited from Chile. This article examines Fujimori and current president of Peru, Alan Garcia.