Associated Links
- Corruption in International Adoptions
- “Where do babies come from?” Interactive Map
- "The Lie We Love," Foreign Policy magazine, Nov./Dec. 2008
- "The Seamier Side of International Adoption,"
The New York Times Opinion Blog, May 10, 2009 - "The Orphan Trade: A look at families affected by corrupt international adoptions," Slate.com, May 8, 2009
- "The orphan manufacturing chain," The Washington Post, Jan. 11, 2009
- "Out of Cambodia," The Washington Post, Jan. 11, 2009
- "The problem with saving the world's 'orphans'," The Boston Globe, Dec. 11, 2008
- Resources for Learning More
- Resources for Parents
- Responses to
"The Lie We Love" - Debunking the Orphan Myth: Responses to Criticisms
- In Related News
The Myth of Supply—Problems in Countries Offering Children for Adoption:
- ALBANIA
- ARMENIA
- BELARUS
- CAMBODIA
- CHAD
- CHINA
- CONGO
- ETHIOPIA
- GUATEMALA
- HAITI
- HONDURAS
- INDIA
- INDONESIA
- KENYA
- LIBERIA
- MARSHALL ISLANDS
- MOZAMBIQUE
- NEPAL
- NIGERIA
- PARAGUAY
- PERU<<
- POLAND
- ROMANIA
- RUSSIA
- SAMOA
- UGANDA
- UKRAINE
- VIETNAM
Student Research Assistants' Contributions
Photos in collage above left:
From left: Children in front of house © Eva Schuster | SXC.hu
Ariel view of city © Caetano Lacerda | SXC.hu
Woman and baby © Nick Pye | SXC.hu
Photo above © SXC.hu
News Reports of Adoption
Irregularities in Peru
NOTE: This page from the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism website lists news articles that report on irregularities in international adoptions from Peru. For the systemic analysis of corruption in international adoptions, please read “The Lie We Love,” Foreign Policy magazine, Nov./Dec.2008 and visit ww.brandeis.edu/investigate.
“Adoption lawyer accused of kidnapping; 36-year-old American could get 15 years in Peruvian jail,” Pamela Constable, September 1, 1993, The Gazette.
“US lawyer stuck in Peru adoption tangle,” Pamela Constable, September 1, 1993, The Boston Globe.
“Lima Journal; Ordeal in Peru: Cuddling a Baby, Clinging to Hop,” Nathaniel C. Nash, June 9, 1992, The New York Times.
“Some U.S. Couples Criticize American's Methods in Failed Peruvian,” Eugene Robinson, March 13, 1992, The Washington Post.
“In Peru, Anxieties Over Adoption: Some Accused of 'Baby Selling' to Exploit American Market,” Eugene Robinson, March 8, 1992, The Washington Post.
“Trade in babies booms in Peru,” Martina Crowley, June 16, 1991, The London Sunday Times.
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