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Trump’s ‘narco-terrorism’ war in Latin America evokes Reagan – then as now, it’s more about fighting leftists than drug runners

More than any other U.S. president in decades, Donald Trump has aggressively pursued military interventions in Latin America.

The Conversation

Peru's Election Could Be Decided Abroad: How Millions of Immigrant Voters in the U.S. and Other Countries May Choose the Next President

Peru's next president may be chosen not only in Lima, Cusco or the Andean highlands, but also in New Jersey, Madrid, Santiago, Buenos Aires and Tokyo. With Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez locked in a razor-thin runoff, the vote from abroad has become one of the most watched pieces of…

Latin Times

Peru enacts amnesty for military and police accused of human rights abuses

Families of victims and advocacy groups condemn law that covers internal armed conflict from 1980 to 2000

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Peru's President Signs Military Crimes Amnesty Bill Into Law

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Wednesday signed into law a controversial bill granting amnesty to military personnel, police and members of civilian self-defense units over a bloody 1980-2000 campaign against leftist Shining Path guerrillas.

International Business Times

Peru enacts amnesty for military personnel and police in Shining Path insurgency

Peru’s president has signed an amnesty bill into law that prevents military personnel and police officers from being prosecuted over alleged human rights abuses during the country’s armed conflict decades ago

The Independent UK

‘Transformative, for better and for worse’: what’s the legacy of Peru’s Alberto Fujimori

Despite his convictions for corruption and human rights abuses, many see the president who has died at 86 as the country’s greatest leader

The Guardian - UK

Fujimori’s death won’t end pursuit of justice for Peruvian victims – or stop the strongman’s supporters from revering his legacy

The death of Alberto Fujimori, the deeply divisive former Peruvian president, comes amid a resurgence of interest in the former strongman – both from supporters and detractors.

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Alberto Fujimori, Peru's Deeply Divisive Former Strongman Leader

Peru's Alberto Fujimori, who died Wednesday at the age of 86, was a one-time university dean who rose to wage a bloody campaign against insurgents as president in the 1990s -- but ended up jailed for atrocities.

International Business Times

Alberto Fujimori To Stand In 2026 Peru Elections

President from 1990 to 2000, the elder Fujimori, 85, ruled Peru with an iron fist, leading a military campaign that largely defeated the Shining Path, a Maoist guerrilla group.

Latin Times

Peru's Congress approves statute of limitations for crimes against humanity committed before 2002

The Peruvian Congress has approved a law establishing a statute of limitations for crimes against humanity committed before 2002, a decision that human rights organizations have warned could encourage impunity and thwart investigations into serious abuses

The Independent UK

Peruvian soldiers found guilty of rapes committed during civil war in historic verdict

‘Landmark’ case is first to deal with use of sexual violence in state’s conflict with Shining Path rebels four decades ago

The Guardian - UK

Decades after the country’s internal conflict, Peruvians lay murdered family members to rest – a photo essay

When the brutal conflict between Shining Path and government forces during the 1980s and 1990s ended, so did a bloody chapter for most Peruvians. But the families of the victims had to wait up to 40 years to bury their dead

The Guardian - US

Mayor closes museum of memories in battle over story of Peru’s violent past

Far-right mayor claimed Lima institution peddled false narrative of 1980-2000 conflict in which guerrillas and army killed 70,000

The Guardian - US

Peru's Boluarte vows to crush 'narcoterrorism' after deadly police ambush

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte pledged a crackdown on "narcoterrorism" on Monday, speaking at the funeral of seven police officers gunned down in an area where drug traffickers operate in alliance with remnants of Shining Path militants.

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Seven police officers killed in cocaine hotspot of central Peru

Seven police officers were killed after being ambushed in an area of central Peru known for its cocaine production, the National Police said Saturday.

The Guardian - US

Peru calls on citizens to report ‘acts of terrorism’ on social media

Rights groups say the move is a threat to freedom of expression in a country currently facing deadly anti-government protests

The Guardian - UK

‘She has let go of the past’: dance eases the trauma for Peru’s Shining Path survivors

Rebels tortured and murdered their people in the 80s and 90s. Now a women’s dance programme is helping survivors to heal and honour lost loved ones

The Guardian - US

Abimael Guzman, Shining Path’s leader, died a year ago. The terror he unleashed on Peru lives on

The professor-turned-messianic figure’s terror group killed tens of thousands of people in 1980s and 1990s, ripping apart the country’s political and social fabric

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The Independent UK

A nightmare choice for Peru’s Indigenous leaders

When drug traffickers approached Herlin Odicio, he had to make a choice, join them or run, writes Simeon Tegel

Reuters

Peruvian ex-military wanted for rights violations faces extradition from Spain

A Spanish court has begun processing an extradition request filed by Peru against a former military officer charged with crimes against humanity stemming from a conflict against Maoist guerrillas in the 1980s, a court document showed on Tuesday.

The Guardian - US

Peru hails progress in Amazon war on drugs – so why is business booming?

In Vizcatán, the last redoubt of militarily active Maoist rebels Shining Path, the army is cracking down on cocaine traffickers

Reason

The Case for Expanding the Legal Definition of "Refugee"

The narrow definition allows governments to expel numerous migrants fleeing violence, terrorism, forced labor, and other severe oppression.

The Independent UK

Peruvian town finally buries the victims of massacre

Scene of one of the worst massacres of Peru’s internal conflict in the last two decades of the 20th century, the town of Accomarca is closing a chapter that’s been open for more than 35 years

Reuters

Peru should not release jailed ex-President Fujimori, says Inter-American Court

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) on Wednesday ruled that Peru should not release jailed former President Alberto Fujimori until further notice, according to a decision shared with Reuters by a human rights activist.

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