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I'm John Dotsworth, Professor Evan Ellis of the U.S. Army War College. There's certainly

plenty of violence to go around in South American reporting. Evan and I look for good news,

and Argentina's good news, is Peru good news, professor. We've talked about the replacement of

Castillo with Palarte. Now the replacement of Palarte with, I believe

his name is, well, you'll tell me, and he is not an elected president. And Peru is the nation

that I would say is number one influenced by China. Is there good news from Peru? There's a provisional

good news, John.

And so, yes, the new president, Jose Jerry, it's important to recognize just how he came

to office in the first place.

So Peru, among other things, has had any number of difficulties with public insecurity and

criminality in recent years.

The real broader force is that you've had a takeoff in narcotics production, cocaine,

in not only the interior of the country, what was known as the Purimak Mantare,

in any river valley, the famous rhyme, but also in the frontier regions with Bolivia and Brazil,

as well as along the Putamayo River in the frontier regions with Bolivia and Brazil, as well as along the Putamayo River

in the frontier with Colombia. You've also had an enormous takeoff in corruption and

activity coming from illegal mining. Peru is very rich in mineral resources, but that also

included illegal mining, especially with gold now around $4,000 an ounce.

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