Crisis en Perú: todo lo que debes saber, con Eliana Carlin

“Los políticos están llamando a las personas que se manifiestan en las calles 'terroristas' por protestar por una nueva constitución”, dijo Eliana Carlin , politóloga peruana de Lima, al presentador de Behind the Headlines, Lee Camp. Perú se encuentra actualmente en un estado de crisis, después de años de protestas contra la austeridad, la elección […]

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“Politicians are calling people demonstrating on the streets ‘terrorists’ for protesting for a new constitution,” Eliana Carlin, a Peruvian political scientist from Lima tells Behind the Headlines host, Lee Camp. Peru is currently in a state of crisis, after years of anti-austerity protests, the election of a humble teacher and union leader, Pedro

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Dos golpes apoyados por Estados Unidos en América Latina en dos días, con Ben Norton

Ben Norton se une al presentador de noticias más censurado, Lee Camp, para hablar sobre los recientes golpes de estado respaldados por Estados Unidos en Argentina y Perú.

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Ben Norton is an investigative journalist and the founder and editor of Multipolarista, a new independent anti-imperialist media outlet focusing on the rise and struggles of left-wing movements, governments, and oligarchs in Latin America through the lens of a burgeoning multipolar world. He lives in Nicaragua, has traveled across Latin America for

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Pedro Castillo, maestro rural, preparado para escribir un nuevo capítulo en la historia del Perú

En el cliffhanger de unas elecciones con una enorme división entre las zonas urbanas y rurales y la división de clases, parece que el maestro rural, agricultor y líder sindical está a punto de hacer historia al derrotar, en menos del uno por ciento, a la poderosa candidata de extrema derecha Keiko Fujimori. .

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Leonardo Flores
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Pedro Castillo Feature photo

With his wide-brimmed peasant hat and oversized teacher’s pencil held high, Peru’s Pedro Castillo has been traveling the country exhorting voters to get behind a call that has been particularly urgent during this devastating pandemic: “No más pobres en un país rico” - No more poor people in a rich country. In a cliffhanger of an election with a

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Israeli-American Company Verint Systems Selling Cheap Surveillance Tech To Governments

Pedestrians talk on their cellphones in Lima, Peru, on Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. Under a July 2015 decree, police now track cellphone locations without a court order but would need one to listen in. All four Peruvian phone companies are cooperating. They signed a pact with the government in Octoboer the details of which were […]

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Pedestrians talk on their cellphones in Lima, Peru, on Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. Under a July 2015 decree, police now track cellphone locations without a court order but would need one to listen in. All four Peruvian phone companies are cooperating. They signed a pact with the government in Octoboer the details of which were not

LIMA, Peru -- It was a national scandal. Peru's then-vice president accused two domestic intelligence agents of staking her out. Then, a top congressman blamed the spy agency for a break-in at his office. News stories showed the agency had collected data on hundreds of influential Peruvians. Yet after last year's outrage, which forced out the

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Scientists Hope An AIDS Vaccine Lies In Llamas

The cute Andean animal’s antibodies are nearly 100 percent effective in stopping the deadly virus from spreading, researchers say.

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Por Simeon Tegel
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LIMA, Peru — Fluffy, photogenic and super hardy at altitude, llamas have it all. They’re ideal for schlepping backpackers’ luggage over the high Andes or as a picturesque companion for that once-in-a-lifetime Machu Picchu selfie. But now they may have an addition to their list of undoubted qualities: Llamas appear to be immune to AIDS and

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Loggers Kill Anti-Logging Activist, Native Community Leaders In Peru

The activist, Edwin Chota, had received frequent death threats from illegal loggers, who he had tried for years to expel from the lands for which his community was seeking title.

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Edwin Chota

An outspoken Peruvian opponent of illegal logging and three other native Ashaninka community leaders were slain in a remote region bordering Brazil, tribal authorities said Monday. The activist, Edwin Chota, had received frequent death threats from illegal loggers, who he had tried for years to expel from the lands for which his community was

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