Indigenous Protests, Wikileaks and Online Subtitles
In June 2009, residents of Lima realized just how far removed their urban media were from the reality of daily life in the north of Peru. Peruvian protesters in June 2009 at Devil’s Curve. Photograph by Enrique Castro-Mendivil. The Protest Earlier in the...![[Impunity in Peru] The Importance of Civil Society](https://i0.wp.com/davidsasaki.name/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Screen-shot-2010-09-23-at-11.32.AM_-1.jpg?resize=450%2C140&ssl=1)
[Impunity in Peru] The Importance of Civil Society
In April 2009 Aldo Panfichi, a professor at Peru’s Pontificia Universidad Católica and consultant for OSI’s Latin America Program (disclosure: my current employer), carried out a survey of 462 residents of Lima about their perceptions of NGO’s. He...
Taxis in Lima
One of the most refreshing books I’ve read this year has been Khaled al-Khamissi’s Taxi. (A kind gift from Noha.) It’s nothing but a slim collection or three-page vignettes that recall conversations with taxi drivers around Cairo. In aggregate these...Latest Photos
