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bogfiton Jan 14, 2023 9:50pm
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"Peru is spiraling towards ungovernability."
"Peru is spiraling towards ungovernability." "As Peru’s instability worsens, its politics remain fractured. The country has operated for some time without functional political parties, but the situation has become even worse: Peru now lacks not just parties but also credible politicians who can govern effectively, channel popular energies and build bridges.
One reason the country’s crisis has not yet bottomed out is that the economy is surviving, despite everything. The Central Bank remains independent, and prior technocratic governments put the country on autopilot towards economic growth. But there were downsides to this. Peru was left better prepared for economic crises than for political ones. The liberal reforms of the 1990s were left unfinished, especially in health, education, and decentralization. The pandemic revealed how weak is the Peruvian state’s ability to help its citizens in times of need, and millions of Peruvians earn a living through informal work or on the margins of illegal mining and smuggling."
Banda is a professor of political science at the Universidad Catlica de Santa Mara in Arequipa and a columnist at El Pas.
At Peru Protests’ Epicenter, Rage—And a Sense of Betrayal (americasquarterly.org)
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