El presidente
El Peru's new president Alan Garcia returns to office after a disastrous financial and political crisis as president in 1985-90. Senor Garcia is quickly aligning himself with Washington and the FTA (free-trade agreement), as did his predecessor Toledo. Economically this means Andean highland farmers will continue to struggle to compete in the domestic market with over-subsidised imports from the United States. Garcia has tried developing niche markets such as asparagus 'espárrago' and hopes to do the same with broccoli 'bróculi' but this will only benefit a tiny few.
In terms of foreign-policy he's making friends with Washington, Brasilia, Chile and Colombia. Interestingly, the election votes were very much divided along lines of class and income with lower-income Peruvians, especially those of indigenous origin voting massively for Humala.
An excellent article by John Crabtree (Oxford University's Centre for Latin America Studies), a must see http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-protest/garcia_second_3773.jsp
posted by Lou @ 2:56 PM
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