Peru

Victory for Perú Libre and Mariáteguismo

For more than a month, Keiko Fujimori and others in Peru’s right-wing opposition attempted to overturn the results of the…

July 21, 2021

Peru: Fujimori threatens pre-emptive coup

Thousands of poor Peruvians from the countryside and mountains have gone to Lima to demonstrate support for Pedro Castillo, the…

June 22, 2021

Castillo’s victory unleashes political earthquake

By Jorge Martín Published in rebelion.org, June 10. Translation by Michael Otto The victory of Pedro Castillo in the Peruvian…

June 14, 2021

How long will Peru last? History weighs on today’s events

The writer was the director of international relations in Venezuela’s presidential office and the country’s ambassador to Nicaragua. Currently, he…

December 18, 2020

Resistance in Lima’s popular district: Peru after President Vizcarra’s dismissal

Introduction by Hildegardo Córdova-Aguilar: Peru has a population of  32 million people. Lima’s expanding urban population is approaching 11 million.…

December 4, 2020

Resistance in Lima’s popular district: Peru after President Vizcarra’s dismissal

Published Nov. 23 in Sputnik. Translation by Michael Otto. Introduction by Hildegardo Córdova-Aguilar: Peru has a population of  32 million…

November 27, 2020

Perú: A long and revolutionary history fighting for independence

What is now Perú was the home, not only of one of the largest empires in the world at one…

July 27, 2018

Protesters say, ‘No pardon for Fujimori’s crimes’

January 3 — Braving frigid temperatures, members of New York City’s Peruvian community and supporters held a lunchtime picket outside…

January 5, 2018

Peru: Tens of thousands protest release of right-wing dictator Fujimori

On Dec. 24, President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) shocked Peruvians and the world by pardoning former right-wing dictator Alberto Fujimori.…

January 2, 2018

Indigenous peoples, climate activists march in Lima

Some 15,000 people demonstrated in Lima, Peru, on Dec. 11 during the United Nations Climate Change Conference, called “COP 20.”…

December 21, 2014