Experts find that the effects of crime and delinquency represent a significant obstacle to the economic and social development of nations.

The disrepute into which political actors and public institutions have fallen occasions widespread distrust among the population. 

Once again, the newspaper La Nación contrived to associate human rights to the terms of Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, with the clear objective of taking advantage of the latest political developments.

Ipsos confirmed that for 61% of respondents the main problem in Peru today is crime.  So reported Mirko Lauer, from La República of Lima.

Is a new anti-corruption pact feasible or even desirable? We don’t need additional laws to combat corruption; only the political will to put into practice the prolific legislation that already exists. 

While attention was focused on the technical debate, the decisive news appeared later. A report was issued on TV, touching on an inquiry into Joaquín Ramírez, Secretary General of Fuerza Popular and supporter of Keiko Fujimori, suspected of drug trafficking and money laundering. 

With slightly more than a month before the end of local meetings, organized by the constitutional process, doubts persist both among the right and left over whether to participate or not in modifying the constitution.

On the 19th of June, a new penal justice system will be in place throughout the entire country, following the expiration of the deadline stipulated in 2008 for constitutional reform, which marked a new paradigm in the provision of justice for oral hearings.

Today, more than ever, it is paramount to confront the ideological offensive of the right and take positions in the battle of ideas, in order to defend not a government or president, but the right to be ourselves, to think on our own and decide the path that we want to follow in Latin America. 

What does it matter if repression against political dissidents continues?