Ricardo Uceda is one of Perus most renowned investigative journalists. His book Death in the Little Pentagon: the secret killing fields of the Peruvian army (Editorial Planeta, 2004) was shortlisted for the 2005 Ulysses Prize.
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Peru's election: a second leap into the void?In face of rampant corruption and extreme
inequality, many Peruvians are looking to a political outsider to challenge
the country's rulers, says Ricardo Uceda.
Fantasy IslandopenDemocracy presents the third extract from the 2005 Ulysses Prize shortlist: Peruvian journalist Ricardo Ucedas unique reconstruction of his countrys brutal dirty war in the early 1980s between the army and the Shining Path guerrillas.