Representatives from APRA and Union por el Peru will present their party platforms to promote sexual diversity on Wednesday, May 31.
Read also:
– Los homosexuales y Ollanta Humala
– MHoL Communique addressed to Presidential Candidates
– Roundtable: Electoral Platforms Against Sexual Discrimination
– Jaime Bayly Responds to Mrs. Humala
Category: Youth & Politics (under 35)
Pronunciamiento del Movimiento Homosexual de Lima (MHoL) dirigido a los candidatos Alan García y Ollanta Humala publicado en el diario La República, sábado 20 de mayo de 2006.
In Peru, children of rich and poor dream of leaving
By Hal Weitzman in Lima
Financial Times on line, April 14 2006 19:08
Acording to Hal Weitzman, “young people in districts such as Villa Maria have long been attracted to the idea of escaping poverty by leaving Peru, but for many, last week’s elections could be the final push they need to do so.” Weitzman argues this feeling is also shared by children of the wealthy in Peru.
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Source: El Comercio, 5 de abril del 2006
Jaime Bayly has written an opinion piece in La Tercera responding to Elena de Humala, Mother of Candidate Ollanta Humala, calling for homosexuals to be shot. The statement outraged the GLBT community in Lima last week.
The Blog Blabbeando: Thoughts of a Latino gay dude in Nueva York has an article discusssing Jaime Bayly’s piece: Update: Peru’s next president won’t shoot gays (but his mom would)
Ollanta Humala’s mother, Elena Tasso de Humala, has called for homosexuals to be shot. The statement has outraged the GLBT community in Lima. Ollanta Humala has requested his parents not to talk with the media until April 9. More about Peruvian political parties proposals to eliminate sexual discrimination in this posting.
LGBT activists supporting candidates of the Movimiento Nueva Izquierda have distributed an electronic communique accusing the local media of distorting the purpose of a public meeting that took place yesterday, March 22. The Activists denie that the purpose of the meeting was to protest against presidential candidate Ollanta Humala. The protest was against repressive measures taken by the Major of Lima against the LGBT community.
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Photo: J. Bazo
Oscar Ugarteche, Belissa Andía, Vicente Otta, Sandra Vallenas, Susel Paredes y Víctor Andrés García Belaúnde Velarde
Universidad del Pacifico and Weblog Peru Election 2006 Roundtable “Peru Election 2006: Analysis of Policy Platforms to Support Sexual Diversity”
Maxwell Cameron & Fabiola Bazo
March 20, 2006
Under the auspices of Universidad del Pacifico, a roundtable on “Policy Platforms to Support Sexual Diversity” was held on Friday, March 10, 2006. What follows is a brief summary some of the key issues and conclusions that emerged from the discussion.
Representatives from the three political parties are considering to form a left-center coalition to challenge the three leading candidates. This initiative follows the cyber-campaign a for a Moral Election.
I just found (thanks to fellow blogger Utero de Marita!) this cyber-campaign Campaña por una Elección Moral frente al Proceso Electoral led by a group of young citizens who are critical of the current electoral process and the three leading candidates (Lourdes Flores, Ollanta Humala and Alan Garcia). The cyber-campaigners propose to support a coalition Valentin Paniagua-Javier Diez Canseco-Susana Villaran. We will follow their cyber-activities… Below you will find a copy of their manifesto.
Source:La República, March 1, 2006
Alan García, candidato a la presidencia por el APRA, ha realizado un radical giro de 360 grados en su imagen: de ser un candidato “estirado” al ritmo de vals ha pasado a ser una jovial persona que emite sus discursos al ritmo del reggaeton, todo esto porque los jóvenes están en la mira de su campaña electoral.
There are approximately 7 million young voters (between 18 and 35) in this election, and most of them have not yet decided how they will vote. Youth represent about 42 percent of the electorate, but many young voters appear to be turned off politics. Martin Tanaka notes that youth spontaneously participated in the struggle against Fujimori at the end of the 1990s but found no organization to sustain their involvement.
Un informe especial del diario La República sobre los jóvenes indecisos políticos en el país arrojó interesantes conclusiones: A menos de tres meses de las elecciones generales, casi 7 millones de peruanos entre los 18 y 35 años aún no definen su candidato y representan el 42,1% de votantes, casi la mitad. Frustrados, sienten que ningún candidato los representa y que los partidos políticos no se preocupan por ellos, desmotivándolos por participar en la política a pesar de que su participación será decisiva para definir los próximos comicios del 6 de abril .
Buscando la renovación de la clase política, Alan García, candidato por el Partido Aprista, apuesta dentro de su plan de gobierno por los electores menores de 30 años proponiendo la creación de lo que denominó la Ley del Concejal Joven, que exige a los partidos que presenten el 25% de sus listas de concejales con personas menores de 20 años. Una astuta propuesta política del líder del APRA, puesto que los jóvenes representan el 37% del universo electoral del país.
According to El Comercio, Alan García propone cuota de jóvenes en listas de candidatos. The new quota system, there is already a 30% quota for female candidates, would start at the municipal level to attract youth to politics.