anthropology, democracy & Latin America
Caroline Yezer, Ph.D.
Truth Commission & Suspicion
Elia’s seeming indifference to the Commission posed a puzzle. By that time the state had declared the war long over, and analysts agreed that Peru was on a new path to democracy and transparency. Yet despite this assurance, villagers expressed indifference, anger, and suspicion about the peace project when the investigators arrived. In the following […]
MorePeru news: 3 Policemen ambushed in Churchampa highway September 5th
News from journalist Chan Coronado in Huanta that 3 police were shot in the Chonta region of the Churchampa highway in Huancavelica, Peru. Over 100 shots were fired into the officers while they were in their car. Some reporters say the attack was by “narcoterrorists” – (a word that can mean Sendero or drug gangs […]
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