Neil Giardino

As coca pro­duc­tion surges, In­dige­nous com­mu­ni­ties in Peru fear ad­dic­tion and vi­o­lence are en­croach­ing on their lands.

A string of high-pro­file mur­ders has drawn at­ten­tion to rates of gen­der-based vi­o­lence in the South Amer­i­can coun­try.

Peru’s econ­o­my re-opens af­ter three months of vi­o­lent protests, dam­age has been in­flict­ed on min­ing, tourism, key ar­eas.

An­a­lysts warn that vi­o­lent tac­tics used to re­press protests un­der Pres­i­dent Dina Bolu­arte will lead to fur­ther un­rest.

Pe­dro Castil­lo’s re­moval hit a nerve in rur­al heart­land, where ex-pres­i­dent’s mes­sage res­onat­ed amid years of ex­clu­sion.

Al Jazeera speaks to Pe­ru­vians as the coun­try en­ters a state of emer­gency af­ter ar­rest of ex-Pres­i­dent Pe­dro Castil­lo.

For­mer vice pres­i­dent who takes helm af­ter day of po­lit­i­cal chaos, faces myr­i­ad chal­lenges in deeply di­vid­ed na­tion.

One year since his im­prob­a­ble vic­to­ry, Pe­dro Castil­lo is mired in cor­rup­tion al­le­ga­tions and con­gres­sion­al dead­lock.

Amid pes­ti­cide con­t­a­m­i­na­tion and land evic­tions, trib­al lead­ers say their vil­lages in Paraguay are at a cri­sis point.