The Alan García administration in Peru has recently had to face a wave of protests from an array of social movements in different parts of the country. However, unlike neighbouring
Ecuadoreans voted massively on 15 April 2007 in favour of holding a constituent assembly. The referendum result was an important victory for the president elected in November 2006, Rafael Correa.
A law regulating the work of non-governmental organisations in Peru, now awaiting the signature of President Alan García, has sparked concern that the new Peruvian government is resorting to illiberal
Bolivia's ruling party, the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) is locked into a politically consuming battle with the right-of-centre opposition in the assembly that is to rewrite the country&
Alan García Perez – someone who most Peruvians never imagined would regain the sash of office, after his first period as head of state (1985-90) ended in hyperinflation and political crisis
Bolivians went to the polls on 2 July 2006 for the second time in just over six months. In December 2005, 54% of voters elected Evo Morales as president, affording
Peru's president-elect, Alan García Perez, promises to be a rather different Alan García to the angry young man who became president in 1985, determined to eschew orthodox economics,
As the second round of presidential elections on 4 June 2006 approaches, the majority of Peruvians seem to be veering towards former president Alan García at the expense of his
In a gesture reminiscent of earlier episodes of Latin American history, Evo Morales celebrated May Day also his first hundred days in office by sending the troops in to claim
The first round of Peru's presidential poll on 9 April 2006 is already becoming a distant memory, yet with just over 90% of the votes counted the country&
As campaigning draws to a close in Peru for the first round of the presidential elections on 9 April 2006, it seems increasingly probable that – once again – an outsider will
Evo Morales did not take long after his inauguration as Bolivia's new president on 22 January 2006 to make his political intentions clear. The first cabinet he announced
