Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Carla Salazar & Frank Bajak – The Ledger – Mondy, 20 February 2012 (originally published 14 Feb) LIMA, Peru | It was 1996 when Micaela Flores and 15 other women from Peru’s highlands accepted an ambulance ride to a Cuzco clinic, lured by the offer of a free medical checkup. But when they arrived, the [...]
Mattia Cabitza – BBC News – Friday, 09 December 2011 (originally published 06 Dec) Peru’s government has reopened an investigation into a controversial birth control programme of sterilisation. The announcement has brought fresh hope to the many women and men who feel their rights were violated. “You give birth like pigs or hamsters!” Aurelia Paccohuanca [...]
Jason Swensen – Deseret News – Tuesday, 11 January, 2011 (originally published 8 Jan) Residents of this fishing city situated along Peru’s southern coast know more about quakes than they ever wanted. On Aug. 15, 2007, an 8.0-magnitude temblor all but destroyed Pisco. Hundreds were killed and thousands were left homeless. Ninety percent of the [...]
Juan Arellano (translated by Julián Ortega Martínez) – Global Voices – Tuesday, 5 October, 2010 (originally published 3 Oct) Though there are about 10 candidates (9 on the race and 1 ineligible) for Mayor of Lima, the capital, it is two ladies (Lourdes Flores Nano and Susana Villarán De la Puente) who have the highest [...]
Ángel Páez – IPS News – Thursday, 2 September, 2010 (originally published 1 Sept) LIMA, Sep 1, 2010 (IPS) – Hilaria Supa has broken down many barriers in her life. Now she has overcome another one, in an unprecedented achievement: this Quechua indigenous woman who never went to school is today chair of the congressional [...]
