Monthly Archives: May 2021

Rebel Extremist Group Kills 16 in Massacre Ahead of Presidential Vote The massacre in Peru by a Shining Path splinter group is the rebels’ worst in more than a decade.

Rebel Extremist Group Kills 16 in Massacre Ahead of Presidential Vote The massacre in Peru by a Shining Path splinter group is the rebels’ worst in more than a decade.
  • May 26, 2021
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LIMA, Peru — The massacre of 16 people in a remote corner of Peru’s cocaine country by a Shining Path splinter group is the extremists’ bloodiest atrocity in more than a decade. The slaughter happened on Sunday at around 10pm when between three to five men dressed in black began shooting without warning into two ramshackle open-air bars in the Valleys of the Apurimac, Ene, and Mantauro Rivers, a region known as the VRAEM. The men stole money and other valuables from their victims and broke into a pair of jukeboxes to ransack…Read more …

Peru forced sterilisations case: ‘They could get away with it’ Victims of mass forced sterilisations in the 1990s fear upcoming Peru presidential runoff results could close door to justice.

Peru forced sterilisations case: ‘They could get away with it’ Victims of mass forced sterilisations in the 1990s fear upcoming Peru presidential runoff results could close door to justice.
  • May 19, 2021
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Lima, Peru – Maria Elena Carbajal still vividly recalls the doctor’s chilling response when, from her hospital bed, she asked repeatedly to see her newborn son, Francisco. “Once you have the procedure, you can see him,” the mother of four said the doctor told her, before asking: “You’re thinking of having more kids, like guinea pigs?” It was September 18, 1996, at Maria Auxiliadora Hospital in the Peruvian capital, Lima – and Carbajal, then 26, had given birth around 4am. Within three hours, she had been sterilised. Now a quarter of a century later,…Read more …

Peru is Officially Investigating If Bleach Can Cure Covid The move by the country's congress to investigate the effectiveness of chlorine dioxide against the coronavirus has been called an "embarrassment."

Peru is Officially Investigating If Bleach Can Cure Covid The move by the country's congress to investigate the effectiveness of chlorine dioxide against the coronavirus has been called an "embarrassment."
  • May 14, 2021
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LIMA, Peru — Peru's congress has prompted ridicule by voting to investigate whether drinking or injecting an industrial bleach could cure COVID-19. Lawmakers voted 49 to 39 in favor of the motion on Thursday night to set up a committee to hear testimony about chlorine dioxide from health ministry officials and “scientists and experts in the field.” The chemical is widely available online and with hospitals overflowing, some are using it to self-medicate at home. Chlorine dioxide — which doctors warn is ineffective against the coronavirus and can have lethal consequences — is…Read more …

Peru’s COVID crisis: ‘Almost all Peruvians know someone who died’ Cocktail of factors, from poverty to a crumbling public health system, push Peru atop global per capita death rankings.

Peru’s COVID crisis: ‘Almost all Peruvians know someone who died’ Cocktail of factors, from poverty to a crumbling public health system, push Peru atop global per capita death rankings.
  • May 6, 2021
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Lima, Peru – While the world watches in horror as India’s coronavirus case count explodes, another intense outbreak is unfolding – albeit on a much smaller scale – in Peru, which sits atop the global per capita mortality rankings. The Andean nation has registered more than 4,000 excess dead per million residents since the start of the pandemic, or more than 166,815 deaths, the Financial Times reported, a 123 percent rise compared with the historical average. Excess deaths are viewed as more accurate than the official Peruvian health ministry figure of 62,126 confirmed deaths linked…Read more …