Thousands of Peruvians have taken to the streets in protest at the "legislative coup" against聽elected President Mart铆n Vizcarra, writes Kenny Stancil.
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Ian Angus, editor of Climate and Capitalism, takes a look at six new books of interest to ecosocialists 鈥 聽from pro-corporate 鈥渆nvironmentalism鈥 to the struggle of indigenous peoples in Latin America and the scramble for Africa鈥檚 natural resources.
Hundreds of popular organisations and social movements from across Latin America and the Caribbean met at the Summit of the Peoples in Lima, Peru, over April 10-14.
When the time came for Miss Peru 2018 contestants to reveal their most intimate measurements on stage, the 23 beauty pageant hopefuls elected instead to deliver statistics of an altogether more shocking nature.
鈥淚 represent the constitutional province of Callaomy and my measurements are聽3114 women victims of trafficking up until 2014,鈥澛燿eclared Romina Lozano, later crowned Miss Peru on October 29.
Camila Canicoba, Miss Peru Lima, told the judges:聽鈥淢y measurements are聽2202 cases of femicide reported in the last nine years in my country.鈥
Mining companies have benefitted over the past few years from rising global demand and prices, but workers have seen little to no benefit from the boom.
Now mine workers are flexing their muscle to demand their share of the spoils.
Supporters of leftist candidate Veronika Mendoza protest electoral fraud. Lima, April 10. Photo: EFE.
Peruvian left-wing presidential candidate Veronika Mendoza came third in the first round of Peru's presidential elections on April 10, behind former World Bank economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and Keiko Fujimoro, the daughter of a jailed ex-president.
More than 2000 people took to the streets in Peru's capital, Lima, on February 29 to protest against the government's plan to privatise public water services. The protest was organised by small neighbourhoods and the public water workers鈥 union Sedapal.
Millions of people across Peru lack basic water and sewer systems, putting them in a highly vulnerable sector suffering endemic health issues.
Peruvians took to the streets of the country's capital Lima in large numbers on February 25 to protest against the pro-corporate Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) involving 12 Pacific Rim nations.
Guatemala: UN says corporate positioning of river 'ecocide'
The United Nations said 23 species of fish and 21 species of birds, reptiles and mammals in Guatemala's Pasion River have been affected by contamination caused by industrial African oil palm production, said.
Unionists, rural workers and environmentalists are coming together in Arequipa, in southern Peru, to halt the proposed Tia Maria copper mine. The mine project belongs to Southern Copper Corporation, a subsidiary of Grupo Mexico.
A 48-hour strike regional strike in the south of Peru defied a state of emergency on Mary 27 and 28, continuing to protest against Southern Copper Corp's unpopular Tia Maria mine.
A new popular uprising has started in Peru at the port of Callao,鈥 鈥琧rucial for international trade and the handling of the majority of the country鈥欌瑂 seaborne cargo.鈥
After鈥 鈥10鈥 鈥琺onths of unresolved negotiations with transnational company,鈥 鈥珹PM Terminals Peruvian longshore workers from the port of Callao,鈥 鈥瑆est of Lima,鈥 鈥琩ecided to take to the streets and march.鈥
This latest demonstration follows an earlier strike against the company on May鈥 鈥13,鈥 鈥瑆ith workers demanding鈥 鈥琾ay鈥 鈥瑀ises in鈥 鈥瑀elation to the company's profits,鈥 鈥琭ull healthcare coverage,鈥 鈥琣nd training.鈥
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