Pulache-Talledo

MEMORANDUM **

Manuel Ricardo Pulache-Talledo, a native and citizen of Peru, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) order denying his applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . We review for substantial evidence, Gormley v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 1172, 1176 (9th Cir.2004), and we deny in part and grant in part the petition for review and remand.

Substantial evidence does not support the IJ’s adverse credibility finding because Pulache-Talledo’s testimony was not inconsistent with country reports. See Duarte de Guinac v. INS, 179 F.3d 1156, 1162 (9th Cir.1999) (purpose of country conditions evidence is not to corroborate specific acts of persecution, but to provide information about the context in which the alleged persecution took place). Furthermore, the IJ improperly required Pulache- *771 Talledo to present corroborative evidence from his union and political party. See Sidhu v. INS, 220 F.3d 1085, 1090-92 (9th Cir.2000) (corroboration of credible testimony is unnecessary; corroborative documents…