Peru
Protecting the Amazon: The Need for Real Regional Cooperation
A Closer Look at the Origins of Peru’s Latest Political Instability
The Downfalls of the Andean Strategy
Anxiety disorders: The hidden threat for Latin American countries in times of COVID-19
More than 11 million people worldwide are suffering from COVID-19 (Worldometer, July 4, 2020). The global spread is halting economies with a stronger impact in Latin American countries that were already struggling with limited health services, a broad informal market, and high unemployment rates. In these countries, households suffer persistent worries about their health, economic uncertainty, and rigid social isolation, some of the stressors that can lead to mental health diseases.
Pandemic Sets Back Economic Development in Poorer Countries
Illegal Gold Mining in Peru
Gold is a highly valorized commodity in our society. You can see it in advertisements, entertainment and any retail store.
Keiko Fujimori released from prison in times of Covid-19
In 2018, Keiko Sofia Fujimori Higuchi, also known as Mrs. K, the former Peruvian President’s daughter, was convicted to 36 months of preventive prison due to “serious suspicions” of money laundering in the financing of her presidential electoral campaign back in 2011.
The Celebration of the Virgen de la Candelaria
The festivity of the Virgen de la Candelaria is one of the most artistic, energic, and vibrant manifestations of faith and culture in South America.
COVID-19: Peru's Update
Since the declaration of the COVID-19 as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, several developed and developing countries started to implement national policies to prevent the spread of the virus within their bord