Peru: A 2025 Snapshot
AQ tracks political and economic trends to watch and key indicators in 2025.
Dina Boluarte
What Can Latin America’s Failed Presidencies Teach Current Leaders?
How strong a country’s parties are has wide implications for presidents’ survival, writes an expert.
Peru’s Anti-Law Enforcement Turn Is a Threat to Regional Stability
International pressure can stop Peru’s Congress from further dismantling the state’s crime-fighting capacities.
Can Copper Prices and Nearshoring Restart Peru’s Economic Dynamism?
Politics has been a drag on this former regional growth star, and hasn’t improved. But global economic conditions have, writes a former finance minister.
Peru’s Brewing Migration Storm
As Peru’s deeply unpopular Congress erodes democracy, its citizens are increasingly voting with their feet. Washington can prevent a bigger outflow.
AQ Podcast: An X-Ray of Peru’s Tinderbox
A broad look at what’s behind political instability in Peru and what it means for the country’s democracy and the economy
A Year After a Failed Coup, Peru Remains a Tinderbox
Multiple issues threaten the government’s fragile stability amid Congress’ entrenchment.
AQ Podcast: Peru’s Perpetual Crisis
Peru is on its 6th president in six years, and now Dina Boluarte faces multiple challenges. Is there any end in sight to the country’s protracted political crisis?
What Caused Peru’s Economic Downfall?
Social cleavages have turned politics into a fight for spoils, draining the country’s productive potential, writes a former minister of economy and finance.
How Long Can Peru’s Economy Remain Resilient?
The extended political crisis is leading to more poverty, postponed investments and the risk of an even worse downturn.
Why Dina Boluarte Could Make it to 2026
The disorganization of Peru’s political class could keep the president in office until 2026.
Is This Peru’s “Constitutional Moment”?
Lacking channels to institutional politics, the country’s unrest won’t necessarily lead to wide-reaching change seen elsewhere.
A Way Forward for Peru
Closing social gaps is the only way out of constant crisis, writes a former finance minister.
At Peru Protests’ Epicenter, Rage—And a Sense of Betrayal
Stumbles by the new government are aggravating unrest in rural areas and providing opportunity for future authoritarians.
After Pedro Castillo, What’s Next for Peru?
President Dina Boluarte will confront a familiar set of problems: a hostile Congress and pressing socio-economic challenges.
