Peru
Seeking relief from oppression, Peruvians resist Castillo removal…and wait
December 28, 2022After harassing him for months, Peru’s right-wing Congress recently ordered President Pedro Castillo’s removal from office. The authorities arrested him, and now he is in prison.
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Early evidence suggests U.S. may have pushed for coup in Peru
December 20, 2022The move by Pedro Castillo to dissolve congress ahead of a third impeachment motion seems to be the result of a pressure campaign with support from the U.S.
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Estados Unidos y su rol en el golpe de Estado en Perú
December 18, 2022La medida de Pedro Castillo de disolver el Congreso ante una tercera moción de destitución parece ser el resultado de una campaña de presión con apoyo de EE.UU.
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Peruvians occupy the streets as anti-coup protests escalate
December 15, 2022"The oligarchic rulers of Peru could never accept that a rural schoolteacher and peasant leader could be brought into office by millions of poor, Black, and Indigenous people who saw their hope for a better future...
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Rocky road ahead for new left-leaning Peruvian government
September 20, 2021Right-wing opposition forces have viciously attacked Castillo and his Perú Libre party. Defamatory media blasts from Peruvian news sources have been constant. Unfounded accusations of electoral fraud persisted for weeks.
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