KEIKO FUJIMORI AND PERU`S CHINA CHALLENGE / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL OP EDITORIAL

Keiko Fujimori and Peru’s China Challenge The new president can also expect to contend with the left’s threats to democracy. By Mary Anastas...

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IS A DRAWN-OUT CONTEST / THE ECONOMIST

Dead heat What happens when a presidential vote is a drawn-out contest? Peru, looking for its ninth president in a decade, is in a tight spo...

THE DAUGHTER OF A "DICTATOR" WINS POWER IN PERU / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

The Daughter of a ‘Dictator’ Wins Power in Peru Keiko Fujimori’s election as president is the latest in a string of victories for right-wing...

THE LEFT AIMS FOR AN ANDEAN COMEBACK / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL OP EDITORIAL

The Left Aims for an Andean Comeback Elections in Peru and Colombia and riots in Bolivia test Latin American democracy. By  Mary Anastasia O...

A BOTCHED ELECTION ADDS TO PERU`S DEMOCRATIC DYSFUNCTION / THE ECONOMIST

Peruvian polls A botched election adds to Peru’s democratic dysfunction A strongman’s daughter will face a leftist or an ultraconservative i...

PERU GRAPPLES WITH SELECTING NEW LEADER AMID ONGOING ELECTION CHAOS / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Peru grapples with selecting new leader amid ongoing election chaos Two weeks after ballot, votes are still being counted, the election chie...

PERU´S CARTOONISH PRESIDENTIAL FRONT-RUNNER / THE ECONOMIST

Porcine of the times Peru’s cartoonish presidential front-runner In Rafael López Aliaga, or “Porky”, many voters see a man of action Rooting...

THE GOLD BULL- MARKET HAS A DIRTY SECRET / THE ECONOMIST

All that glitters The gold bull-market has a dirty secret Gold is now better business than drugs for many gangs Aerial picture of dredges at...

PERU´S ILLEGAL GOLD MINING CRISIS / THE ECONOMIST

Peru’s illegal gold-mining crisis Fraser McIlwraith Gold has a violent history in Peru.  When I travelled there last month to report on a bo...

THE INEXHAUSTIBLE MARIO VARGAS LLOSA / PROJECT SYNDICATE

The Inexhaustible Mario Vargas Llosa There was a stoic soldier in Mario Vargas Llosa’s soul – always ready to respond to evil with imaginati...