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The 107-page report, “Deadly Decline: Security Force Abuses and Democratic Crisis in Peru,” documents excessive use of force by security forces, due process violations and abuses against detainees, and failures in criminal investigations, as well as the entrenched political and social crisis that is eroding the rule of law and human rights in Peru. While some protesters were responsible for acts of violence, security forces responded with grossly disproportionate force, including with assault weapons and handguns. Forty-nine protesters and bystanders, including 8 children, were killed.

Peru has stood out in the region for its ability – and will – to prosecute high-level leaders for corruption. Can it persist?

Corruption is top of mind in Peru, where political crisis and protests have gripped the nation since December.

Join USIP and the Due Process of Law Foundation for a discussion that will examine what the 1992 peace agreement achieved, where and why it fell short and what both domestic and international actors can do to help El Salvador address ongoing struggles with violence, polarization and impunity.

Debate on euthanasia makes its way into Peru’s presidential campaign Maryknoll Father Joe Fedora prays with staff and patients in the Santa Rosa infectious diseases ward in Lima's Dos de Mayo Hospital in this 2014 file photo. After a court in Lima ruled that a woman with a terminal illness could end her life, Peru's bishops expressed empathy but opposed euthanasia, an issue that has become prominent in the country's presidential campaign. (CNS photo/Barbara Fraser) By Lucien Chauvin • Catholic News Service • Posted March 2, 2021 LIMA, Peru (CNS) — Peru’s Catholic bishops weighed ...