Peru

Magazine articles on politics and society in Peru.

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Reason July 2008 Radley Balko	Coca Zero The U.N.'s drug enforcement agency, the International Narcotics Control Board, recommends that Bolivia and Peru criminalize the chewing of coca leaves and the boiling of the leaves to make tea. The move has triggered widespread protests in both countries.
IDB America April 2008 Jorge Zavaleta	A New Setting for 3,000 Years of Peruvian Art The Inter-American Cultural and Development Foundation, is helping to spur the Peruvian Museo de Arte de Lima's ambitious modernization of its exhibition galleries.
IDB America September 2007 Roger Hamilton	Natural Gas Makes Natural Neighbors An energy megaproject takes on the big job of safeguarding local communities and the environment in the Peruvian Amazon.
IDB America September 2007 Roger Hamilton	Heretics in the Rainforest Some insist that only the energy sector's megafirms can play a big role in protecting Peruvian communities and ecosystems from the real dangers of change.
IDB America September 2007 Roger Hamilton	Local People Want Change, But Their Way Here, an indigenous leader says the Peruvian government must protect against negative impacts caused by Big Energy.
IDB America September 2007 Roger Hamilton	We Want a Sawmill... And the Internet, Too Can traditional knowledge coexist with Google? Camisea's leaders worry that change could jeopardize the Peruvian community's traditional culture.
IDB America June 2007 Roger Hamilton	Can an Energy Project Save a Rainforest? Defying conventional assumptions, a vast natural gas project has helped to protect 1.5 million hectares of rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon.
IDB America June 2007 Roger Hamilton	Keeper of the Sanctuary A community guard protects Peru's Megantoni National Sanctuary, established with the help of the Inter-American Development Bank.
IDB America June 2007 Roger Hamilton	View From a River Bluff A long-awaited network of posts plays a key role in protecting the lower Urubamba River region of the Peruvian Rainforest. The issue of protection is particularly critical in this culturally and biologically sensitive region that is fast becoming the country's new energy frontier.
IDB America June 2007 Roger Hamilton	Voyage up the Urubamba Local leaders attend a meeting on protected area management in the Peruvian Amazon.
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