Violence and economic terrorism in the lands of Asháninka people, Peru

Abstract

This article aims to provide a brief outline of the history of the ongoing resistance of a native Peruvian ethnic group, the Ashaninka, explaining the main reasons for the conflicts that have arisen between their communities and the outsiders who have come and continue to arrive to their territories. After a brief description of the most violent stages of this history, our aim is to seek a solution to the problem of these communities, to present and analyse the most recent events and developments, the current situation of the communities, the emergence of their organisations and leaders, and the challenges they are currently facing, as well as some measures and initiatives taken by the government or supported by international organisations in recent years. In order to deal with the latter topics, we rely on the text of enacted laws, newspaper articles, interviews, analyses and press releases from different international and indigenous organisations and state bodies.