Peru Support Group

05/12/2025

Drinking Arsenic: The Price Peruvian Communities Are Paying for the Energy Transition

This week, four leading Peruvian activists came to London to raise awareness about the devastating impacts of copper and zinc mining on downstream communities. They highlighted the operations of two major and expanding mines – Antamina in Ancash and Quellaveco in Moquegua – both associated with UK-linked companies. These mines are implicated in cases of arsenic and other heavy metal poisoning.

Read the latest article on this issue from the New Internationalist:

Trade in copper and zinc is set to soar as countries electrify. But human rights defenders are raising the alarm and revealing a darker side of the story. Vanessa Baird reports.

05/12/2025

01/12/2025

We are pleased to invite you to our event of the year!

PERU SUPPORT GROUP – ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2025
"Peru at a Crossroads: Shrinking Democracy, Growing Illegality and Mounting Protest"
📅 Saturday 6 December 2025 (10.30am – 5pm)
📍Room 537, UCL Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way (near Russell Square tube station), London

Please join us on Saturday, 6 December, from 10.30am to 5pm at the UCL Institute of Education for a thought-provoking event examining the current state of Peru’s democracy, society and the expansion of illegality. The conference will explore the challenges and opportunities facing the country as it navigates these critical issues. Participants will hear from experts in the field and engage in discussions with fellow attendees. This is a unique opportunity to gain insights and contribute to conversations about the future of Peru and next year’s general elections.

If you have not done so yet, please secure your ticket via the link below:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/peru-at-a-crossroads-tickets-1969853655310?aff=oddtdtcreator

We hope to see you there!

19/11/2025

Join us on 1 December at 6 pm!
More information below:

Join us at UCL on 1 December to hear perspectives from Peruvian land defenders living near a copper mine and members of Red Muqui. There will also be an exhibition on teaching strategies to support community resistance in Latin America.

The exhibition is the result of a collaboration between communities affected by Bauxite mining in Brazil, communities in Moquegua and Red Muqui in Peru, Groundlab, the London Mining Network, the University of Para in Brazil and University College London. It showcases the collaboration between Landscape Architecture students and communities affected by tailings dams and mining waste in Peru and Brazil.

Find more info and register here: https://londonminingnetwork.org/2025/11/cartographies-of-extraction-and-waste-in-the-energy-transition-perspectives-from-peru/
CAFOD Peru Support Group

17/11/2025

Dear friends,

We are pleased to invite you to our event of the year!

PERU SUPPORT GROUP - ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2025
Peru at a Crossroads. Shrinking Democracy, Growing Illegality and Mounting Protest
Saturday 6 December 2025 (10.30am – 5pm)
Room 537 - UCL Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way (near Russell Square tube station), London.

If you haven't done so yet, get your ticket via this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/peru-at-a-crossroads-tickets-1969853655310?aff=oddtdtcreator

See you there!

16/11/2025

“It is with a great sense of loss that we learned this week of the death of Rosemary Thorp. Rosemary has been our vice-president since the 1990s, having been one of our original sponsors from the word go in 1983. As such, Rosemary played a crucial role in providing the PSG with a sense of strategic guidance as a member of our management committee.

Rosemary’s career spanned the world of academic work with that of active political involvement. Her achievement is hard to summarise in just a few words.”

Read more in our latest newsletter issue:

Obituary: Rosemary Thorp (1940-2025) Nov 15, 2025 | Obituary It is with a great sense of loss that we learned this week of the death of Rosemary Thorp. Rosemary has been our vice-president since the 1990s, having been one of our original sponsors from the word go in 1983. As such, Rosemary played a....

04/10/2025

We had the opportunity to welcome Tania Pariona, Executive Secretary of Cnddhh Perú to Brussels last week. She shared key insights on the main challenges currently facing the country, as well as how civil society organisations are responding.

Read more about her visit here: https://shorturl.at/cvRkc

01/08/2025

We recently published the 500th edition of the PSG Newsletter since it went digital! The first editions date back to 1984.
Peru is living through difficult times and the dissemination of information to the wider world is key in maintaining support and solidarity.
You can support us here to help fund its publication! https://perusupportgroup.org.uk/support-us/

To celebrate this special occasion, we are sharing messages sent to us by some of our readers:

28/07/2025

Today we commemorate Peru’s independence, aware that there is still much to be done to ensure that all Peruvians, without distinction, can live with dignity and equal rights.
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📸: Vladimir Velásquez

26/07/2025

We are happy to launch the 500th edition of our weekly newsletter!

📣 Through our newsletter, we raise awareness of human rights issues in Peru to an international network of policymakers, researchers and civil society groups.

📧Subscribe here to stay informed about what is happening in Peru!
https://perusupportgroup.org.uk/support-us/

26/07/2025

We are happy to launch the 500th edition of our weekly newsletter since going digital!
Subscribe here: https://perusupportgroup.org.uk/support-us/

29/04/2025

If you are in London on May 1st, join a group of community activists from Peru, Chile and Zambia discussing the impact of mining by multinational giant Anglo American in their communities. More information below.

I'm attending an event called "From poisoned legacies to greenwashing the energy transition: Resisting Anglo American," on Thursday 1 May, 6.00 - 8.30pm. Decades of lead pollution in Kabwe, melting glaciers in Chile, communities displaced in South Africa and heavy metals in Peru’s rivers. Anglo Am...