While doubts about Peru presidential candidates Ollanta Humala’s commitment to democracy and human rights are real enough, they pale in comparison to that of Keiko Fujimori.
If Keiko Fujimori is elected president of Peru, her association with Rudy Giuliani doesn’t bode well for the civil rights of Peruvians.
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has become the fall guy for microcredit’s abuses by major banks.
A vote for Keiko Fukimori could result in a revival of Peru’s tragic past when her corrupt, authoritarian father was president.
Georges Marie is a proud and angry Haitian lawyer who lost her husband in the earthquake. As she mourned, the humanitarian industry exploded. She watched with concern as Port au Prince’s narrow streets became clogged with white Land Rovers, each stamped with an aid agency logo on the driver’s door. It still rankles her when the humanitarians dine and dance in a four-star restaurant overlooking the Place Boyer, a public square now strung with tarps, home to some of the million-plus people still displaced from the 2010 earthquake.
The latest WikiLeaks dump confirms that American officials have been slow to recognize and treat mental health disorders in Guantanamo detainees.
In the wake of Obama’s recent tour of Latin America, media reports and commentators claimed that China has been economically outmuscling the United States in the region. The reality, however, is that Beijing’s economic presence has not come at the expense of the United States. Although Washington still maintains an overwhelming edge, its influence is decreasing. This decline will be exacerbated by Obama’s focus on boosting U.S. exports to the region rather than importing more of Latin America’s manufactured goods.
At least one of the candidates in Peru’s presidential race, Ollanta Humala, offers an alternative to the existing economic model, which has been of little benefit to most of Peru.
The results thus far reflect the fragmentation of the right and center-right of the Peruvian political system.
The daughter of convicted human-rights abuser former President Albert Fujimori also has a chance of winning.