Peru: Lawmakers abandon ruling party as social unrest rises

teleSUR English 2015-04-04

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Congressional Representative Natali Condoli is one of 13 lawmakers who have left Peru's ruling party. She says that the current government of Ollanta Humala has steadily moved to the right and no longer offers hope for change. The party has lost control of Congress, with only 34 out of 100 members. These are the consequences of submitting to right-wing pressure, says analyst Nelson Manrique. The political moves are taking place in the context of labor union strikes and protests of indigenous campesino groups demanding the exit of transnational mining companies. Rael Mora reports for teleSUR.

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