ine ▁Revolution ▁in ▁Tun is ia , ▁which ▁spread ▁un rest ▁through ▁the ▁Arab ▁world . ▁ ▁After ▁losing ▁core ▁fund ing ▁from ▁USA ID , ▁I LD ▁laid ▁off ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁their ▁employees ▁from ▁their ▁San ▁Is id ro ▁office . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 - 2 0 1 5 , ▁De ▁S oto ▁and ▁a ▁small ▁team ▁working ▁out ▁of ▁his ▁house ▁began ▁to ▁attempt ▁to ▁guide ▁the ▁political ▁process ▁in ▁Peru , ▁as ▁President ial ▁elections ▁were ▁due ▁to ▁take ▁place ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁by ▁finding ▁solutions ▁to ▁the ▁on going ▁national ▁min ing ▁crisis . ▁De ▁S oto ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁strong ▁advoc ate ▁for ▁the ▁formal isation ▁of ▁the ▁inform al ▁min ers ▁that ▁are ▁scattered ▁throughout ▁Peru . ▁Since ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁several ▁large ▁national ▁invest ment ▁projects , ▁including ▁Las ▁B amb as , ▁and ▁T ia ▁Maria ▁have ▁been ▁dis rupted ▁by ▁violent ▁protest s ▁by ▁inform al ▁min ers ▁against ▁government ▁reg ulation ▁and ▁formal ▁extract ive ▁indust ries . ▁In ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁the ▁I LD ▁discovered ▁that ▁former ▁Sh ining ▁Path ▁milit ants ▁who ▁have ▁taken ▁up ▁the ▁e colog ical ▁cause ▁were ▁par al yz ing ▁some ▁$ 7 0 ▁billion ▁in ▁min ing ▁invest ment ▁in ▁Peru . ▁ ▁Furthermore , ▁recorded ▁video ▁deb ates ▁between ▁the ▁former ▁extrem ists ▁and ▁De ▁S oto ▁were ▁published ▁on ▁I LD ' s ▁YouTube ▁channel ▁and ▁revealed ▁that