IKN: Reuters: Humala alienates Peru's left, may lose sway in Congress<http://incakolanews.blogspot.com/2011/12/reuters-humala-alienates-perus-left-may.html>
After that post below and just to prove that Reuters still does good work as a newswire, here's how the latest from that house on Peru starts. *Click through*<http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/13/us-peru-politics-cabinet-idUSTRE7BC19O20111213?feedType=RSS&feedName=everything&virtualBrandChannel=11563>for the rest. ** *(Reuters) - Peruvian leftists who supported President Ollanta Humala for years are leaving the government and may stop supporting him in Congress, saying his emerging authoritarian tone amounts to a further drift to the right.* ** *At least two high-profile leftist aides who felt betrayed have quit their posts and more resignations are expected after Humala, a former military officer, shuffled his Cabinet over the weekend.* *---------------------* *Boz* ** Over the weekend, Prime Minister Salomon Lerner resigned<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-16143214>, largely due to the recent protests over mining in Cajamarca. Humala had been using Lerner in a "bad cop" role during the negotiations, but Lerner seemed unable or unwilling to either negotiate a deal or crack down as hard as Humala had hoped. Now, Oscar Valdes will be taking the Prime Minister position (which in Peru functions more as a chief of cabinet than a traditional PM in a parliamentary system) and over half the cabinet ministers have been changed. Some critics of Humala are already criticizing the appointment of Valdes as a militarization of the government, given his former role as an Army officer. Whether it shows a more military line or not, most expect Valdes to take a harder line than Lerner and help protect Humala's political agenda in Lima from being derailed by this protest. ** *---------------* ** http://www.marxist.com/peru-conflicto-cajamarca-revela-limites-nacionalismo.htm ** * Perú: el conflicto en Cajamarca revela todos los límites del nacionalismo<http://www.marxist.com/peru-conflicto-cajamarca-revela-limites-nacionalismo.htm> Written by José Pereira Monday, 12 December 2011 [image: Perú: el conflicto en Cajamarca revela todos los límites del nacionalismo]En el conflicto entre los poderosos intereses de las multinacionales mineras y los combativos trabajadores, campesinos y demás sectores populares de Cajamarca, el gobierno de Ollanta Humala ha decidido apoyar a los primeros, declarando el estado de emergencia y deteniendo arbitrariamente a los dirigentes del paro regional indefinido de los cajamarquinos. Es un error gravísimo que demuestra además que en Perú como en el resto de América Latina, es imposible buscar un equilibrio entre las demandas populares y los apetitos del capital imperialista multiplicados por la crisis mundial del capitalismo. * [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
