Week 5

PERU ― Freedom is a privilege not everyone got to have before in the 1900’s. Especially in a world with democracy, some countries do not have the opportunity to live in a democracy. However, every country has their leader. The people of  a country chose who will lead them for the best, although some countries like North Korea aren’t given that chance. Freedom is what every United States Citizen is granted, which gives them the chance to do whatever they desire as long as they are not breaking the law.

However, in Peru, they have freedom.. on paper. According to Latino USA, “Peru is a young democracy which has only properly held elections since 2001. Its constitution sets out significant rights for its citizens including the “freedom of information, opinion, expression” and the right to their ‘own voice and image.’” Which signifies how they are just recently accustoming to a democracy in their country by just voting who their president is in the early 2000’s, while the United States of America has been at it since the late 1700’s. Having their voices heard is what makes Peru great since that is their strongest aspect while in the United States everyone tries to bring the other down with their political speeches. For example, the recent election in 2016 in PPK vs. Keiko Fujimori, the people expressed their concerns with Fujimori since her father Alberto Fujimori almost caused the death of Peru with his lack of respect for the country. However, in the United States with recent election of Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton, many did not want to vote for her due to her husband Bill Clinton’s mistakes on NAFTA. It shows how both countries out their voices due to previous problems without giving new chances to different people. “While citizens have rights, the country’s weak state institutions mean that it can fail to uphold or implement them,” (Latino USA). However, with a strong leader, the country will not always succeed.

 

Jenn Soto

 

http://latinousa.org/2018/02/12/peru-excludes-indigenous-voices-quest-develop-amazon/