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Positive stories this month Martin Mejia / AP Photo

Positive stories this month

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NI 450 - Time for a fair economy - March, 2012
450 - March, 2012
For seven weeks Puno was paralyzed by strikes and protests against mining and the government.Juan Karita / AP / Press Association Images

Peruvians rise up against the mines

The scale of indigenous-led protests against mining in southern Peru took most by surprise. Vanessa Baird on what led to such flare-ups.

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NI 446 - Nature's defenders - October, 2011
446 - October, 2011
Araldo, elected chief of Union Puerto Asháninka sings his resistance to hydroelectric dams.

Peru's dam busters

Vanessa Baird discovers why the Asháninka people of the River Ene are taking a hard line against dam builders – and others.

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NI 446 - Nature's defenders - October, 2011
446 - October, 2011
Hugo Blanco Roxana Olivera

Hugo Blanco

Leading voice for indigenous rights, Hugo Blanco.

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NI 439 - Who's pushing politicians' buttons? - January, 2011
439 - January, 2011
*Above*: Julio Vasquez, shortly after being released from captivity, gives a press conference in Radio Cutivalu, the station he was reporting from when he was kidnapped. *Below*: Father Marco Arana aka The Devil (according to the spies tracking his every move) conducts mass.Photos: (top) JULIO VASQUEZ ARCHIVE, (bottom) S BOYD / QUISCA

The ticking bomb

Peru’s rash of unlikely terrorists. Stephanie Boyd reports.

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NI 427 - Terror takeover - November, 2009
427 - November, 2009
Indigenous protestors rally against APEC and high food prices in the ancient Peruvian capital of Cuzco. Photo by Miguel Araoz Cartagena

Food last!

Across the world, popular protest has demanded adequate food and fair prices. Stephanie Boyd reports from Cuzco in Peru.

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NI 418 - Crisis! Crisis! Food... Money... What next? - December, 2008
418 - December, 2008

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
Time for a fair economy March, 2012
Nature's defenders October, 2011
Nature's defenders October, 2011
Who's pushing politicians' buttons? January, 2011
Terror takeover November, 2009
Crisis! Crisis! Food... Money... What next? December, 2008
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