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Triumph of Democracy in Peru

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Triumph of Democracy in Peru Fujimorismo is not a doctrine, or philosophy,  Fujimorismo is just a way of radical populism By: Jorge Yeshayahu Gonzales-Lara The Latino diaspora Digital Magazine The narrow victory of PPK has saved Peru from a disaster. Triumph of democracy, with the vote of all Peruvians from various political options, parties, generations, youth, adults, men and women who gambled by Peru to put their differences aside for democracy and dignity against political autocracy, representing Keiko Fujimori. For the first time in the political history of Peru, they found that various parties with political philosophies, had a national point of coincidence, and was democracy against radical populism and political autocracy. THREE LESSONS The narrow victory of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski in the presidential election on June 5th saved Peru from a catastrophe. This victory makes clear lessons: 1. The interests of the nation and democracy continuity is ab...

Burying Fujimorismo

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Burying  Fujimorismo The successful movement against Keiko Fujimori’s candidacy could be the basis for a growing left in Peru.   Gerardo Renique A fter two decades of drastic neoliberal reconfiguration, Peruvian elites approached the April 2016 general election comforted by the fact that ten of the twelve candidates shared — albeit with some minor differences — the same economic strategy. But against all expectations, leftist  Veronika (“Vero”) Mendoza’s third-place finish in the first round forced a ballotage between the favorite  Keiko Fujimori  and  Pedro Pablo Kucynski , who until then was considered a dark horse. Scheduled for early June, the presidential runoff turned into the hardest-fought campaign in recent Peruvian history. Fujimori, daughter of former president  Alberto Fujimori , imprisoned for human right abuses and embezzlement, was twenty points ahead of Kucynski — a former investment banker, World Bank functionary, and sta...

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Republica del Cacao con la Chef Irina C Herrera Diaz

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Children Chefs San Ignacio College

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La Violencia e Inseguridad Social en el Perú En la Histeria Colectiva y los Trastornos Post Traumáticos

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La Violencia e Inseguridad Social en el Perú En la Histeria Colectiva y los Trastornos Post Traumáticos Escribe: JORGE YESHAYAHU GONZALES LARA S OCIÓLOGO MA, CASAC-T La Diaspora La criminalidad y la inseguridad social se ha convertido en el flagelo de la sociedad peruana, además de la falta de políticas públicas de seguridad y salud mental, y los trastornos que dejo la violencia política en la década pasada aun no resuelto se ha incrementado con el discurso violentista, racista y homofóbico en los diversos segmentos de la sociedad.  El escenario electoral puso en evidencia que los partidos políticos han fomentado el discurso de intolerancia. El ensayo es una reflexión a la convivencia social, para establecer políticas públicas de seguridad social y salud mental. Las heridas de la violencia en la década pasada aún se mantienen abiertas en el Perú, el odio consume muchos de los debates, el Perú es una sociedad consumida por el racismo rampante y la intolerancia ...