by Jose Casavilla Calvo | Dec 15, 2022 | Sabanci University
Recently, on the 7th of December, Pedro Castillo former president of Peru attempted to give a self-coup d’état. The Peruvian congress held a vote in which it was decided whether the congress would remove the president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, from office. To...
by Cristi V | Apr 5, 2022 | Rollins College
Since the year 2000, Peru has had the longest period of democracy in the country’s history. As a Latin American nation, the South American country struggled to achieve a stable democracy for years. The past 21 years have been synonymous with economic growth and...
by Allyse Pratt | Dec 9, 2020 | Williams College
We’ve all experienced the agonizingly slow process of democratic bureaucracy; we lament the lines, the paperwork, and the drudgery that is required to get anything done. But every now and then, a change happens—and it happens fast. In the span of a week, Peru...
by Gina Dematteo | Nov 23, 2020 | Suffolk University
With three presidents in one week, and a history of political corruption, can Peru’s fragile democracy stay afloat? In a recent unfolding of events, Peru’s citizens have taken to the streets in response to the obstruction of justice and removal of former president,...
by Leo Zaroff | Nov 18, 2020 | University of Chicago
With the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing US presidential transition grabbing daily headlines, it can be difficult for the American audience to focus on the political events of any other country. However, there are key lessons to be learned from countries like Peru,...
