Peru government harshly criticized for turning down $2 million donation for museum

Over the weekend, Peru’s leading op-ed columnists continued to criticize President Alan Garcia’s decision to reject a $2 million donation from the German government to build a museum to honor the memory of 70,000 people who died as a result of Peru’s 1980-2000 civil war. The criticism prompted President García to admit that the successive [...]

Peru journalists remember fallen colleagues on 26th anniversary of Uchuraccay massacre

Peruvian journalists across Peru held marches and commemoration ceremonies on Monday to honor eight journalists that were murdered 26 years ago in the Andean hamlet of Uchuraccay, Ayacucho. At the same time, the victims’ families demanded that the case be reopened. “So that it never happens again, Uchuraccay martyrs never again!” chanted marchers in Juliaca, [...]