Topic: Peru
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian leftists who supported President Ollanta Humala for years are leaving the government and may stop supporting him in Congress, saying his emerging authoritarian tone amounts to a further drift to the right.At least two high-profile leftist aides who ...
Peru's President Ollanta Humala signed into law a measure requiring that indigenous people be consulted before any mining, timber or petroleum projects are begun on their traditional lands."What we want to do with this law is have the voice of indigenous people ...
Leftist former army officer Ollanta Humala was sworn in Thursday as president of Peru, aiming to confront the high poverty plaguing his Andean nation despite its solid economic growth."We want to erase the word 'social exclusion' from our vocabulary and our reality ...
RIO DE JANEIRO/LIMA (Reuters) - It was a political pilgrimage that surprised no one.Within days of winning Peru's presidential election, Ollanta Humala flew to Brazil to learn more about its success over the past decade and meet former President Luiz Inacio Lula ...
Leftist ex-military man Ollanta Humala looked set to win Peru's presidency, according to first estimates, after a tight battle with Keiko Fujimori, heir to a jailed, authoritarian ex-president.Supporters of the 48-year-old former lieutenant colonel Humala, who just lost out in the 2006 ...
Leftist ex-soldier Ollanta Humala led the first round for Peru's presidency Monday as Keiko Fujimori, daughter of the jailed ex-president, and liberal Pedro Pablo Kuczynski fought to join him in a runoff.Humala, 48, who just missed out on the 2006 presidency, won ...
Peru prepares to vote Sunday in a volatile race for the presidency, with nationalist Ollanta Humala nurturing a surprise lead, a new image, and promises to share the resource-rich nation's record growth.Many voters in the misty coastal capital Lima remained undecided just ...
AREQUIPA, Peru (Reuters) - Leftist front-runner Ollanta Humala, seeking to shore up the crucial ethnic vote, on Friday urged poor Peruvians with indigenous roots to back him in Sunday's presidential election.Humala, who has widened his lead over three rivals backed by the ...
LIMA (Reuters) - Left-wing nationalist Ollanta Humala is set to win the first round of Peru's presidential election on Sunday as poor voters rally behind him, but he may struggle in a run-off against one of three rivals backed by big business.Humala, ...
A wide spectrum of political parties-ranging from right-wing conservative to left-wing socialist and communist-participate in the political process, including the Nationalist Party United Peru (left-wing), the Peruvian Aprista Party (formerly left-wing but now moderate centre), and National Unity (right-wing). For example, the ...
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