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Andean Group - April 2017 (ISSN 1741-4466)
Peru’s long road to recovery
The Peruvian government is working to replace a swathe of infrastructure that was washed away in a period of heavy flooding in March. On 10 April, President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski unveiled a new US$19.9m reconstruction and job creation plan, ‘Trabaja Perú’. More than simply rebuilding what was destroyed, the government initiative aims to improve the country’s infrastructure as Peru prepares to face up to the challenges of global climate change. “We need to do better than before”, President Kuczynski said in a message to the nation on 18 April. “No more bridges that fall down, no more waste pipes that burst, no more precarious buildings that collapse,” he declared.
