Comments on: In this great future… http://lifeinperu.com/2009/11/25/in-this-great-future/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:09:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: In this great future – part 2 « Life in Peru http://lifeinperu.com/2009/11/25/in-this-great-future/#comment-1018 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:33:11 +0000 http://lifeinperu.com/?p=1180#comment-1018 [...] this great future – part 2 A while ago I wrote about difficult times in the recent history of Peru, borrowing words from Bob Marley “in this great future, you [...]

]]> By: wwelvaert http://lifeinperu.com/2009/11/25/in-this-great-future/#comment-997 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:00:14 +0000 http://lifeinperu.com/?p=1180#comment-997 I agree that land reforms were needed, but as you say the promise for people in the rural areas of Peru didn’t materialize, with millions consequently moving to Lima.

The suits in Lima really need to place as much emphasis on quality of life in the rural areas as they do on macro-economic numbers.

]]> By: Barb http://lifeinperu.com/2009/11/25/in-this-great-future/#comment-996 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:50:57 +0000 http://lifeinperu.com/?p=1180#comment-996 Fascinating tour of what would seem to be a boring building from the outside. The Velasco revolution did turn Peru upside-down and some of the changes lasted to this day (Agrarian Reform) and others didn’t. Agrarian Reform wasn’t totally successful, but I think that eliminating the hacienda system was needed to bring Peru into the 20th century. The gov’t needs to fulfill its promise to the people by providing economic support and training to rural areas.

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