Leslie Moreno Custodio

Indigenous protesting against extractivism in Quito, Ecuador

World

Q&A: ‘Escazú is a floor, not a ceiling, for protecting rights’

Carlos de Miguel of the Escazú Agreement’s secretariat talks of progress and challenges for environmental treaty

Activists holding a bnner of The Youths demand that Escazu be ratified outside Peruvian Foreign Affairs Ministry

World

Escazú at 2: Major challenges for landmark environmental treaty

Despite resistance and slow progress, the agreement remains one of the main hopes for a fairer Latin America

Peru

Repsol oil spill: One year on, no justice in sight for Peruvian fishers

A year after Peru’s worst environmental disaster, local fishers point to continued contamination of ecosystems and struggles for fair compensation from Spanish energy giant

A reflection of a woman from a community on Peru's mining corridor

‘How are we going to live?’: The impact of mining on communities in Peru

Diálogo Chino visits villages along the copper-rich ‘mining corridor’ of southern Peru and hears allegations of pollution and health scares

agricultores en plantación de papas en Perú

Peru

Peru struggles to meet fertiliser demand as global crisis takes hold

Government failures are preventing the arrival of fertilisers into the country, as some farmers turn to organic alternatives hoping to lessen impacts on harvests

Peru

As Peru stalls on Escazú Agreement, environmental defenders are exposed

Coordination on preventing and punishing deaths of environmental defenders is lacking in Peru, as debates over Escazú continue

Peru

Artisanal squid fishing in Peru threatened by international fleets

Illegal vessels threaten the livelihoods of smaller scale fishers in northern Peru. But as the sector seeks formalisation, these aren’t the only challenge they face.

Peru’s new Chancay mega-port shakes a village to its core

Chancay’s citizens have suffered five years of damage to their homes as a giant port connecting Asia and South America is built next door. Yet, no one is listening to their worries.

Peru

Mining companies stand to win from Peru-China FTA that neglects environment

Social and environmental organisations demand the renegotiated Peru-China FTA be updated to include environmental protections

Peru

Peruvian textile workers hit by coronavirus and Chinese competition

Small textile companies in Peru are manufacturing protective gear but are not getting the necessary support from the government in the face of Chinese competition.

Peru

Peruvian police pacts with Chinese mining company threaten to undermine state authority

Residents near Las Bambas copper mine denounce an agreement they feel pushes public security to take sides

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