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Insults fly on social media ahead of contentious Peru presidential vote 2 minutes read By Fernando Gimeno Lima, Mar 17 (efe-epa).- When Peruvians are the target of insults such as “terruco” or “caviar,” they will likely retaliate by calling their accuser an “aprofujimontesinista,” or perhaps a “viejo lesbiano.” Those are just some of the regionally specific derogatory terms being hurled about on social media in the lead-up to the Andean nation’s contentious April 11 general ...

PT 2: Black Canadian writers on finding home in their work What kinds of responsibility does a Black writer have? Is it enough to just write whatever inspires you, or is there an obligation to take on the big questions of culture, class, colour? In this two-part series, we hear from Black Canadian writers about the politics of everyday life and art. Social Sharing CBC Radio · Posted: Feb 25, 2021 7:17 PM ET | Last Updated: February 26 From left to right: writers George Elliott Clarke, Afua C...

The Raven ...the record of history is absolutely crystal clear that there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system. - Milton Friedman on the Phil Donahue show "...What has always made the state a hell on earth has been precisely that man has tried to make it his heaven" -F.A. Hayek - The Road to Serfdom The powers delegated by the proposed Constit...

At dawn, Genoveva Satalaya and her neighbors walk through Lima's food markets hoping to find a kind merchant who will donate food to help fill the "common pot" that is feeding their neighborhood.

LIMA, Peru —  At dawn, Genoveva Satalaya and her neighbors walk through Lima’s food markets hoping to find a kind merchant who will donate food to help fill the “common pot” that is feeding their neighborhood. The survival strategy that first appeared in Peru’s capital during the country’s civil conflict four decades ago has been vital since the coronavirus pandemic arrived in this South American nation. With the country again under a lockdown, Satalaya’s pot is feeding 120 peop...

The News Scroll 03 February 2021   Last Updated at 4:21 am | Source: PTI Common pots prepared by neighbours feeding thousands in Peru Outlook February 03, 2021 04:21 IST Common pots prepared by neighbours feeding thousands in Peru outlookindia.com 1970-01-01T05:30:00+0530 By Franklin Briceno Lima, Feb 3 (AP) At dawn, Genoveva Satalaya and her neighbours walk through Limas food markets hoping to find a kind merchant who will donate food to help fill the "common pot" t...

Another Peruvian leader has been accused of corruption. Alberto Fujimori, known to control with an “iron fist,” faces a 25-year sentence for charges of human rights abuse and ordering death squad killings during the Peruvian Civil War. Fujimori’s daughter, Keiko Fujimori, is running in the 2021 presidential election, despite her own history of imprisonment and financial scandals. Fujimori has promised to pardon her father if elected. The Peruvian Civil War began in 1980, when the Communis...

News by Dan Hall, The Sun 26th Jan 2021 8:33 PM   In the dead of night, backpackers carrying rifles and grenades meet up in the Peruvian jungle for the beginning of a 5000km journey that could cost them their lives. Between them, the young men are carrying 30kg of cocaine paste - which will eventually be worth $A973,000 by the time it reaches users. The dark and dangerous hike is the very first step in a supply chain that will ...

Updated: 25 Jan 2021, 14:52 Invalid Date, IN the dead of night, backpackers carrying rifles and grenades meet up in the Peruvian jungle: the beginning of a 3,000-mile journey that could cost them their lives. Between them, the young men are carrying 30kg of cocaine paste – which will eventually be worth $750,000 (£550,000) by the time it reaches users nostrils. 12 Mariana Van Zeller with members of the Gulf Clan - a super cartel which controls cocaine smuggling out of ColombiaCredit: Natio...

Accountability Is the Cure for an Ailing Democracy The United States should follow the examples of other nations that were brave enough to make their despotic leaders face justice. Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images In the early 2000s, Peruvians faced a difficult choice. Their outgoing president, Alberto Fujimori, had been democratically elected as a populist only to preside over a regime of corruption, repression, and personal megalomania. Early in his first term, he orchestrated an autogolpe, o...