An Acute Case of Foot-in-Mouth Disease

PERU - Report 06 May 2014 by Roberto Abusada and Fritz Du Bois (Peru)
Executive SummaryThe murder of a rival of Ancash’s regional president pushed worries over political delinquency in the provinces on to the front pages. The scandal forced the agencies overseeing October’s municipal and regional elections to warn that the spread of criminality in politics was the greatest threat to democracy. Yet not much can be done quickly: the major parties are based in Lima, and lack significant presence outside the city, while the national government has already transferred most responsibilities to the regions.Regional politics in Peru are beginning to resemble corrupti...

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