How Did Peru React to the Election of Barack Obama?

Levi Novey — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:57:06 +0000

What do Peruvians think about Barack Obama’s exciting victory? If you are an American, it’s not quite what you might think.

LIMA (EcoWorldly) - After having successfully negotiated a free trade agreement with the United States, Peru is now strategically positioned to become one of the U.S.’s key allies and trade partners in Latin America. Given the American media’s substantial touting of international interest in the U.S. presidential election, I decided to go out the morning after Obama won and see what I could find out about the reactions among Peru’s newspapers and citizens.

What I found out surprised me. While newspapers wrote articles that I would have expected, the reaction I got from people was different.

Peru to Create Environment Police Force to Protect Amazon Biodiversity

Andrew Williams — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:13:06 +0000

The environment and interior ministries in Peru have announced plans to set up a special task force to safeguard forests and monitor the rivers in the Amazon basin. The special force will be made up of around 3,000 officers to be known as the Environment Police.

The force will oversee 373,000 sq km of Amazon rainforest and patrol rivers to combat illegal logging and the unauthorised clearing of forest. Peru’s Environment Minister Antonio Brack said that until now the issue, “a problem of organized crime, morality and oversight,” has not been adequately addressed due to a severely understaffed police force running to just 240 men.

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How Did Peru React to the Election of Barack Obama?

What do Peruvians think about Barack Obama’s exciting victory? If you are an American, it’s not quite what you might think.

Peru to Create Environment Police Force to Protect Amazon Biodiversity