The US embassy is pushing the narrative that Peru's President Castillo launched a coup. In reality he's victim of a coup by the right-wing-controlled congress
Police arrested him. Congress swore in a new president Dina Boluarte, who was expelled from the leftist PerΓΊ Libre party
Police arrested him. Congress swore in a new president Dina Boluarte, who was expelled from the leftist PerΓΊ Libre party
After he won elections and became president, Peru's President Pedro Castillo was never allowed to govern. The right-wing oligarch-controlled Congress blocked all action and constantly tried to overthrow him
He dissolved Congress to try to stop the coup against him. But he failed
He dissolved Congress to try to stop the coup against him. But he failed
Castillo's vice president, Dina Boluarte, was expelled from the PerΓΊ Libre party because she opposed its leftist ideology
The right-wing-controlled Congress swore her in as president, applauding her
She called for a "truce" and wants to make a "unity" government with the right
The right-wing-controlled Congress swore her in as president, applauding her
She called for a "truce" and wants to make a "unity" government with the right
Speaking before the right-wing-controlled congress that repeatedly sought to overthrow Peru's elected President Castillo, the new unelected President Dina Boluarte said:
"I request a political truce to install a government of national unity" (ie, a pact with the right wing)
"I request a political truce to install a government of national unity" (ie, a pact with the right wing)
Peru has had 6 presidents in 5 years
Why? Because the US-backed fascist Fujimori dictatorship destroyed its democratic state institutions
The congress is controlled by competing factions of right-wing oligarchs who constantly overthrow presidents who don't serve their interests
Why? Because the US-backed fascist Fujimori dictatorship destroyed its democratic state institutions
The congress is controlled by competing factions of right-wing oligarchs who constantly overthrow presidents who don't serve their interests
The US puppet leader of the OAS, Luis Almagro, who oversaw the 2019 coup in Bolivia, is backing the coup in Peru, supporting unelected Boluarte
Meanwhile Latin America's left-wing leaders (Arce, Evo, AMLO, etc.) are siding with elected President Castillo
Meanwhile Latin America's left-wing leaders (Arce, Evo, AMLO, etc.) are siding with elected President Castillo
Peru's elected President Pedro Castillo was in an impossible situation
The right-wing-controlled congress was about to overthrow him in a soft coup, so he dissolved it
But by dissolving it, it gave the oligarchy the excuse to overthrow him
Damned if you do, damned if you don't
The right-wing-controlled congress was about to overthrow him in a soft coup, so he dissolved it
But by dissolving it, it gave the oligarchy the excuse to overthrow him
Damned if you do, damned if you don't
Honduras' ex President Manuel Zelaya (who was himself overthrown in a US-backed right-wing military coup in 2009) says:
"We energetically condemn the coup d'etat in Peru violating the sovereign will of the people, represented by President Pedro Castillo"
"We energetically condemn the coup d'etat in Peru violating the sovereign will of the people, represented by President Pedro Castillo"
Bolivia's leftist President Arce: "From the beginning the Peruvian right wing tried to overthrow a government that was democratically elected by the people, by the humble classes that sought more inclusion and social justice"
"We send all our solidarity"
"We send all our solidarity"
Bolivia's President Luis Arce, condemning the coup in Peru: "The constant harassment by anti-democratic elites against progressive, popular, and legitimately established governments should be condemned by everyone"
Bolivia's ex President Evo (overthrown in a far-right, US-backed 2019 coup) says:
The coup shows "yet again that the Peruvian oligarchy and the US empire do not allow leaders from unions and Indigenous nations to rise to government to work for the people"
The coup shows "yet again that the Peruvian oligarchy and the US empire do not allow leaders from unions and Indigenous nations to rise to government to work for the people"
Bolivia's ex President Evo stresses: "The political crisis" in Peru "was provoked by the endless conspiring of the Fujimori-supporting right and right-wing media outlets against an elected government whose 'unpardonable crime' was representing the poorest"
Mexico's President AMLO says of Peru:
It is "unfortunate that because of the interests of economic and political elites, since the beginning of the legitimate presidency of Pedro Castillo, there was an environment of confrontation & hostility against him"
It is "unfortunate that because of the interests of economic and political elites, since the beginning of the legitimate presidency of Pedro Castillo, there was an environment of confrontation & hostility against him"
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