Following the fall of now-imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori from power at the turn of the millennium, Peru has enjoyed over a decade of stable political and economic progress. Economic development, in particular, has been rapid, partly due to elevated global commodity prices, as well as the commercialisation of the giant Camisea...
Following a campaign laden with promises of social inclusion, President Ollanta Humala’s administration has already begun fulfilling some of them. Having gained legislative approval to establish the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion only weeks after taking office in August 2011, Humala turned his sights to renegotiating royalties...
Investment in mining has increased since your election. How will you maintain this upward trend?
In 1990 the Peruvian electorate veered away from well-established political parties and instead chose the relatively unknown Alberto Fujimori, campaigning under the banner of his newly formed Cambio 90, to be president. Now, more than a decade after democracy has been restored following the fall of Fujimori’s authoritarian regime, they are still...
The 40th anniversary of the establishment of formal relations between the governments of China and Peru was marked in 2012, underlining a longstanding relationship that has become increasingly important as time has gone on. In recent years bilateral relations have grown significantly. Trade between the two countries has increased sharply in...
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