Peru

The awakening of the ‘bicentennial generation’ in Peru

Photo by Andrés Huacaychuco Quijada, used with permission. November 9, 2020, marked the beginning of the most important week of the last 20 years for our country. That day, the Peruvian Congress, after a brief discussion attempting to justify its actions in the fight against corruption, decided to remove the President of the Republic, Martín Vizcarra. The objective of this action, fueled by members of Congress who were subjects of their own criminal investigations, was to control the main powers of the State: the Executive and the Legislature, in order to oppose reforms or support measures tha...

How I survived tear gas bombs dropped on protestors in Peru

Photo by Romel Pua, used with permission. From November 9 onward, the people of Peru realized that taking to the streets was increasingly unavoidable if they were to fight against the encroaching threat of a dictatorship, already underway in the midst of the biggest health crisis the country has ever faced. Back then, just thinking about it made my heart race. I’m unsure which event was more outrageous; Manuel Merino seizing presidential power after the removal of President Martin Vizcarra without formal procedure, or Congress (which supposedly “represents the people”) once again supporting co...

Sytuacja polityczna w Peru, Algierii i w Papui-Nowej Gwinei

Prezydent Peru Manuel Merino podał się do dymisji po sześciu dniach od objęcia stanowiska z powodu masowych i brutalnie stłumionych przez policję protestów Peruwiańczyków. Wcześniej Kongres podjął decyzję o usunięciu ze stanowiska Martína Vizcarry – popularnego poprzednika Merino – który został oskarżony o korupcję. Vizcarra miał szerokie poparcie społeczne od czasu zastąpienia na stanowisku prezydenta Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynskiego, który w 2018 r. zrezygnował z urzędu w związku z oskarżeniami o korupcję.Przy rekordowo niskiej frekwencji (23,8%) Algierczycy zatwierdzili w referendum nową konst...