Peru Police Effectiveness
Effectiveness of Police Force: 1.5
Because of the corruption and poverty in Peru, the police forces are on the side of the rich or who gives them money. Therefore, the population does not trust police forces and sometimes communities do their own rules. For instances, Unions throughout the country have been striking and protesting for better living conditions and against some of President Alejandro Toledo?s economic policies during the past year. For example, in April 2002, the government had to halt plans to privatize part of their electrical plants in the town of Arequipa following mass demonstrations. Two demonstrators died in circumstances suggesting that the security forces used excessive force to disperse protesters. Social and economic …show more content…
Transit in this country is chaotic. If you are traveling in the city, taxis are highly recommended, especially in Lima given the size of the city and the mess of traffic. The buses are found only in the main cities, and they can hold twenty to forty passengers. In Peru, there are two ways to travel by bus between towns. The first option involves buses, called ?caleteros? that stop in every town along the route. Direct buses are more expensive but a lot better. In Peru, the company in charge of the railway system is the ?Empresa Nacional de Ferrocarriles? (ENAFER) or the National Railway Company. There are two routes in the country; the touristiest and widely used is the Southern one, linking Arequipa with Juliaca, Puno and Cusco, or Juliaca and Puno. The last route departs from Cusco to Machu Picchu and Quillabamba, though the stretch to this last destination is interrupted. The other railroad links Lima with Huancayo and Huancavelica, however, the first stretch is not in service. The best ones are Pullman or buffet; then, first class, business/tourism and the always-overcrowded second class. For the route from Cusco ? Machu Picchu there is an auto coach, a kind of faster but costlier electric …show more content…
Montesinos was head of Peru's intelligence agency for nearly a decade under Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, who resigned after allegations against Montesinos began to surface; he is now in self-exile in Japan. The Venezuelan authories and the FBI helped accelerated the capture of Montesinos.
http://www.aprodeh.org.pe/noti-apr/2001/25jun2001.htm
11. - Foreign Currency Transactions: 4
Peru currency is very stable, there is only one currency around the nation, and it's called Sol (Sun). However, in the Lima (Capital of Peru) because of the tourist and foreigners tend to received Dollars and then exchange them with the current rate.
http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=common%20laws%20and%20peru
12. - Government Control of the Borders: 4
The Constitution provides for the right of free movement; however, passengers on public transportation and drivers in private vehicles may be checked at control points throughout the country. Until February the Government suspended the right of free movement in emergency zones, which had covered approximately 5 percent of the country in 1999, and travelers, including human rights monitors, could be prohibited from traveling to those areas. The Government eliminated all emergency zones in
Because of the corruption and poverty in Peru, the police forces are on the side of the rich or who gives them money. Therefore, the population does not trust police forces and sometimes communities do their own rules. For instances, Unions throughout the country have been striking and protesting for better living conditions and against some of President Alejandro Toledo?s economic policies during the past year. For example, in April 2002, the government had to halt plans to privatize part of their electrical plants in the town of Arequipa following mass demonstrations. Two demonstrators died in circumstances suggesting that the security forces used excessive force to disperse protesters. Social and economic …show more content…
Transit in this country is chaotic. If you are traveling in the city, taxis are highly recommended, especially in Lima given the size of the city and the mess of traffic. The buses are found only in the main cities, and they can hold twenty to forty passengers. In Peru, there are two ways to travel by bus between towns. The first option involves buses, called ?caleteros? that stop in every town along the route. Direct buses are more expensive but a lot better. In Peru, the company in charge of the railway system is the ?Empresa Nacional de Ferrocarriles? (ENAFER) or the National Railway Company. There are two routes in the country; the touristiest and widely used is the Southern one, linking Arequipa with Juliaca, Puno and Cusco, or Juliaca and Puno. The last route departs from Cusco to Machu Picchu and Quillabamba, though the stretch to this last destination is interrupted. The other railroad links Lima with Huancayo and Huancavelica, however, the first stretch is not in service. The best ones are Pullman or buffet; then, first class, business/tourism and the always-overcrowded second class. For the route from Cusco ? Machu Picchu there is an auto coach, a kind of faster but costlier electric …show more content…
Montesinos was head of Peru's intelligence agency for nearly a decade under Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, who resigned after allegations against Montesinos began to surface; he is now in self-exile in Japan. The Venezuelan authories and the FBI helped accelerated the capture of Montesinos.
http://www.aprodeh.org.pe/noti-apr/2001/25jun2001.htm
11. - Foreign Currency Transactions: 4
Peru currency is very stable, there is only one currency around the nation, and it's called Sol (Sun). However, in the Lima (Capital of Peru) because of the tourist and foreigners tend to received Dollars and then exchange them with the current rate.
http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=common%20laws%20and%20peru
12. - Government Control of the Borders: 4
The Constitution provides for the right of free movement; however, passengers on public transportation and drivers in private vehicles may be checked at control points throughout the country. Until February the Government suspended the right of free movement in emergency zones, which had covered approximately 5 percent of the country in 1999, and travelers, including human rights monitors, could be prohibited from traveling to those areas. The Government eliminated all emergency zones in