State Of Emergency Declared In 3 Of Peru's Northern Provinces

Image : The Cajamarca region of Peru. Wikipedia Peru Declares State of Emergency to Quell Violent Mining Protests -- FOX News/DOW Jones Per...

Peru Will Be No. 1 Coca Producer by 2011, Experts Say

From Latin American Herald Tribune: LIMA – Peru could displace Colombia in 2011 as the world’s biggest producer of coca, the raw material of...

Revolution Undercurrents In Peru?

Something Big Is Happening In Peru -- Foreign Policy Blog During the ongoing political crisis in Iran, another less noticed "revolution...

Peru's Congress Revokes Controversial Amazon Land Decrees

Natives armed with spears set a roadblock at the entrance of the Amazonian town of Yurimaguas. Photo AFP Peru Repeals Decrees Behind Clashes...

Peru Suspends Decrees That Fueled Amazon Violence

Ethnic groups have been holding protests since April across the region From AFP: LIMA (AFP) — Peruvian lawmakers suspended a controversial l...

Peru's Deadly Battle Over Oil in the Amazon

Police officers take up positions during clashes with native people in Bagua province June 5, 2009. Thomas Quirynen / Reuters From Time Maga...

Scores Killed From Clashes In Peru

Relatives of a police officer killed in clashes between the military and protesters attended a mourning service in Lima, Peru. Mariana Bazo/...

Clashes In Peru Claim Dozens Of Lives

Trucks on a highway in northern Peru pass two vehicles burned amid the violence that followed a deadly confrontation between Indians opposed...

Cocaine Trade Revitalizes Peruvian Rebels

From The Miami Herald: UNION MANTARO, Peru -- The last town on a rutted dirt road in Peru's most prolific cocaine-producing highland va...

The Growing Insurgency In Peru

Guerrillas Have Doubled Their Firepower, Peru Army Says -- Latin American Herald Tribune LIMA – The Shining Path guerrilla group has doubled...

Shining Path Rebels Stage Comeback In Peru

From CNN: (CNN) -- A brutal Maoist guerrilla group that terrorized Peru during the 1980s but pretty much disappeared when top leaders were ...

Is A Drug Insurgency Growing In Peru?

Peru Rebels Vow More Attacks In Drug Zone -- Yahoo News/Reuters LIMA (Reuters) – Leftist rebels in Peru will launch more attacks against the...

Is The Shining Path Returning To Peru?

Family and friends attending the funeral of Marco Montaro, a member of the Peruvian National Police, on Nov. 18, 2008. Montaro was killed du...

4 Peru Police Killed In Ambush By Suspected Rebels

From Yahoo News/AP: LIMA, Peru – Peru's defense minister says suspected rebels armed with machine guns and grenades ambushed a police pa...

The Re-Emergence Of Peru's Shining Path

Str / Abimael Guzman, the founder of Peru’s Shining Path guerrilla movement, right, and Elena Iparraguirre, his cellmate and longtime aide a...

Looking For The Shining Path In Peru

From The Washington Post: Our chariot on this particular journey looked particularly uninspiring. "Maybe we should find a truck?" ...

Peru's Civil War With The Shining Path Continues

Peruvian police search for Shining Path militants in the Tingo Maria jungle region ( Photo AFP ) Peru's Military Blames Shining Path For...