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Hard Times for Americans and Peruvians in the U.S.
Some interesting recent posts by bloggers who write about Peru and Peruvians abroad. Hard times in the United States are devastating families there and ratcheting up anti-immigrant sentiment. Rachel in Peru looks at the longstanding Peruvian legal tradition that permits renters to stay in a home or property for up to three years without paying rent before evicting them. Peru’s pro-tenant policy contrasts sharply with eviction laws in the United States, which generally grant a 30-day reprieve, at most, before kicking out tenants on the street. Drawing contrasts between the two legal approaches is timely given the thousands of homeowners in the United States who are being booted out of their homes…