Category Archives: Peru

Peru in the Eye of the Drug-Hurricane

A recently released UN World Drug Report states that coca cultivation in Peru has increased for the fourth year in a row . The prevailing triumvirate of coca-growers in the region has been Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, with Colombia being the region’s major producer. Peruvian authorities have been quick to critique the UN report, [...]
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Should Politicians Boast About Supporting the Peru FTA?

In the South Carolina Democratic primary debate held in late January, former Senator John Edwards tried to take his competitor, Senator Barack Obama, to task for voting in favor of a recently-approved free trade agreement with Peru; Edwards condemned the Peru FTA as part of his condemnation of free trade agreements in general, dismissing both [...]
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