The Peru Support Group (PSG) is a non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organisation in the United Kingdom established in 1983 to support the people of Peru.[1][2] During the crisis of the 1980s, PSG helped to renegotiate Peruvian foreign debt in an effort to channel funds to poverty relief.[2] In the 1990s, it campaigned to raise awareness of human rights violations in Peru during the presidency of Alberto Fujimori.[2]
One of the founders of the Peru Support Group was economist Rosemary Thorp.[3] As of 2026, Lord John Alderdice, a Liberal Democrat in the House of Lords, is president of PSG.[2] The chair of the elected steering committee is John Crabtree of the Oxford University Latin American Centre.[2] Other notable sponsors of the organisation have included renowned British writers Harold Pinter and Graham Greene.[4]
The organisation today campaigns on a wide range of issues including: human rights and democratic governance and sustainable development, particularly with reference to extractive industries.[2] In 2006, PSG formed an independent delegation to visit the Department of Piura in Peru to monitor and report on the conflict surrounding the Rio Blanco Project.[5] PSG holds an annual conference in the UK.[6][7]
Publications
edit- Bebbington, A.J, M. Connarty, W. Coxshall, H. O'Shaugnessy, M. Williams. 2007. Mining and development in Peru, with special reference to the Rio Blanco Project, Piura. London. Peru Support Group. Translated and published in Peru as: Bebbington, A.J, M. Connarty, W. Coxshall, H.O'Shaugnessy, M. Williams. Minería y Desarrollo en Perú con especial referencia al Proyecto Río Blanco, Piura. Lima. Instituto de Estudios Peruanos/CIPCA/Oxfam International/Peru Support Group.
- Low, P. 2012.Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Peru: A Blessing or a Curse? Archived 11 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine. London. Peru Support Group.
References
edit- ↑ "Peru Support Group Responds to Lourdes Flores' Comments". Peru Support Group. 28 September 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Who we are". Peru Support Group. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
- ↑ Zanatti, Martin Monsalve (2026). "Rosemary Thorp (Inglaterra, 1940–2025). Entre el rigor de la historia económica y el compromiso con el desarrollo humano". Apuntes (in Spanish). 53 (100): 289–291 – via ProQuest.
- ↑ "Annual Report April 2002–April 2003" (PDF). Peru Support Group. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
- ↑ Bebbington, Anthony; Williams, Mark (August–November 2008). "Water and Mining Conflicts in Peru". Mountain Research and Development. 28 (3–4): 190–195 – via ProQuest.
- ↑ Baird, Vanessa (May–June 2025). "FARMING YES! MINING NO!". New Internationalist. Retrieved 18 June 2026 – via ProQuest.
- ↑ "PSG Annual Conference 2007: 'Participation, Power and Politics: Inequality, Social Discrimination and Exclusion'". Peru Support Group. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
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