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Explained | Peru’s intensifying anti-government protests, political crisis, and violence
1 year, 11 months ago

Explained | Peru’s intensifying anti-government protests, political crisis, and violence

The Hindu  

The story so far: Thousands of Peruvians on Thursday, January 12, marched in the capital Lima demanding that the country’s new President Dina Boluarte step down. Protesters, mainly in Peru’s South, have taken to the streets to demand early elections, the resignation of new President Dina Boluarte, changes to the Constitution, and the release of the imprisoned Mr. Castillo. Pedro …

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Ouster of Pedro Castillo: Mexican Envoy to Peru Ordered to Leave Lima Within 72 Hours
2 years ago

Ouster of Pedro Castillo: Mexican Envoy to Peru Ordered to Leave Lima Within 72 Hours

News 18  

Peru ordered Mexican ambassador to Lima Pablo Monroy to leave within 72 hours after Mexico granted asylum to the ousted Peruvian President Pedro Castillo and his family. Peru was angered by the joint statement released by Mexico’s government, along with leftist-led Argentina, Bolivia and Colombia, issued a joint statement where they said that Castillo was the victim of “undemocratic harassment.” …

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Timeline: Peru’s political crisis since removal of Pedro Castillo
2 years ago

Timeline: Peru’s political crisis since removal of Pedro Castillo

Al Jazeera  

Protesters are demanding Castillo’s release, dissolution of Congress and early elections in the South American nation. After initially saying she would serve out Castillo’s remaining three-and-a-half years as president, she suggests that calls for early elections among Castillo supporters are “respectable”. The judge says the former president’s effort to dissolve Congress was “not a mere act of speech, but the …

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Photos: Unrest in Peru after the ouster of former President Pedro Castillo
2 years ago

Photos: Unrest in Peru after the ouster of former President Pedro Castillo

Hindustan Times  

Photos: Unrest in Peru after the ouster of former President Pedro Castillo Protests erupted in Peru this week in support of ousted president Pedro Castillo, after the leftist leader was placed in provisional detention. Castillo's impeachment is the latest in a long line of political crises in the Latin nation, which is now seeing its sixth president in six years.. …

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Peru's first female president Dina Boluarte vows to finish term, others want election
2 years ago

Peru's first female president Dina Boluarte vows to finish term, others want election

Firstpost  

After being sworn in as president, Boluarte called for a truce with legislators who dismissed Pedro Castillo for ‘permanent moral incapacity’ Lima, Peru: Peru’s first female president is pushing to cement her hold on power, saying she expects to complete the term of her ousted predecessor and buck the trend of presidential failures blighting the Andean nation. But Patricia Zárate, …

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From president to prisoner: The rapid descent of Peru's Pedro Castillo
2 years ago

From president to prisoner: The rapid descent of Peru's Pedro Castillo

NPR  

From president to prisoner: The rapid descent of Peru's Pedro Castillo Enlarge this image toggle caption Fernando Vergara/AP Fernando Vergara/AP LIMA, Peru — Perhaps the most telling detail of Pedro Castillo's botched coup attempt this week was the fact that the high-stakes gamble may have been completely unnecessary. Enlarge this image toggle caption Carlos Garcia Granthon/Fotoholica Press/LightRocket/Getty Images Carlos Garcia …

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Within hours, Peru’s president went from dissolving Congress to being ousted and arrested
2 years ago

Within hours, Peru’s president went from dissolving Congress to being ousted and arrested

LA Times  

Ousted Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, who has been arrested on suspicion of rebellion, is in police custody in Lima, the capital. In just three tumultuous hours, Peruvian President Pedro Castillo went from decreeing the dissolution of the nation’s Congress to being replaced by his vice president, but the threats to his government had been building throughout his nearly 17-month tenure. …

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Why was Peru President Pedro Castillo impeached?
2 years ago

Why was Peru President Pedro Castillo impeached?

Al Jazeera  

Congress votes to remove Castillo after he sought to rule by decree. Peru’s former President Pedro Castillo has been arrested after he was removed from office by the Congress in an impeachment trial. “Peru’s political constitution enshrines the separation of powers and establishes that Peru is a democratic and sovereign Republic … No authority can put itself above the Constitution …

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Peru gets new President after Pedro Castillo ousted amid accusations of coup attempt
2 years ago

Peru gets new President after Pedro Castillo ousted amid accusations of coup attempt

India Today  

Peru's Congress swore in a new president on Wednesday in a day of sweeping political drama that saw the former leader, Pedro Castillo, ousted in an impeachment trial hours after he attempted a last-ditch bid to stay in power by trying to dissolve Congress. Peru's President Pedro Castillo delivers a statement to the media along with Chile's President Gabriel Boric …

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A look at years of political chaos in Peru
2 years ago

A look at years of political chaos in Peru

Al Jazeera  

Peruvian politics is marked by series of corruption cases and crises, the latest being removal of President Pedro Castillo. On Wednesday, Peru’s Congress voted to remove President Pedro Castillo in the third impeachment trial since he came to power in July last year. Here is a rundown of Peru’s recent political turmoil: Pedro Castillo, 2021-2022 A former teacher and farmer, …

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Peru prosecutors lodge new complaint against President Castillo
2 years, 2 months ago

Peru prosecutors lodge new complaint against President Castillo

Al Jazeera  

The constitutional complaint is most serious legal development yet against embattled President Pedro Castillo. Peruvian prosecutors have presented a constitutional complaint against the country’s embattled President Pedro Castillo hours after detaining five of his allies on corruption allegations. The legal filing on Tuesday was the most aggressive push yet against the president, who took office only a year ago and …

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Peru protests show the wide impact of Putin’s war
2 years, 8 months ago

Peru protests show the wide impact of Putin’s war

CNN  

CNN — An ongoing wave of violent protests in Peru shows how the Russian invasion of Ukraine is affecting markets around the world, sparking unrest and deepening political divides. Late Monday, President Pedro Castillo declared a state of emergency and placed the country’s capital under a curfew, but backtracked and withdrew the curfew order on Tuesday afternoon as hundreds of …

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Peru prosecutors to question president amid impeachment threat
3 years ago

Peru prosecutors to question president amid impeachment threat

Al Jazeera  

Peruvian prosecutors have called President Pedro Castillo in for questioning as part of an investigation into the promotion of certain military officers, adding pressure on the socialist leader as legislators weigh an impeachment process. “One thing Pedro Castillo had going for him as President of Peru was identity as ‘authentic’ man of the people, including absence of personal links to …

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Peru protesters rally against Pedro Castillo’s new government
3 years, 4 months ago

Peru protesters rally against Pedro Castillo’s new government

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds of Peruvians have rallied against left-wing President Pedro Castillo days after he appointed a hardliner and a Marxist as his prime minister. The protesters marched through Peru’s capital, Lima, on Saturday evening, carrying placards denouncing newly appointed Prime Minister Guido Bellido as a “terrorist” and a sympathiser of the Shining Path, a Maoist rebel group that killed tens of …

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Peru swears in new President Pedro Castillo
3 years, 4 months ago

Peru swears in new President Pedro Castillo

Al Jazeera  

Peru has sworn in new President Pedro Castillo, a leftist former teachers’ union leader who already faces mounting challenges to build his government, tackle the coronavirus crisis and unite a deeply polarised country. Castillo, a 51-year-old former rural schoolteacher, becomes Peru’s first president in decades with no ties to the country’s political or economic elite and he has promised, among …

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Pedro Castillo | The 21st century socialist
3 years, 4 months ago

Pedro Castillo | The 21st century socialist

The Hindu  

More than a month after he won the second round of the presidential elections in Peru, Pedro Castillo has finally been declared the winner. Ms. Fujimori’s party, the Popular Force, undertook a conservative-populist campaign that relied on social media bombardment of “fake news”, seeking to brand Mr. Castillo as a “radical communist”. Widespread anger against the centrist political parties in …

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Peru’s electoral authority declares Pedro Castillo President-elect, 6 weeks after runoff
3 years, 5 months ago

Peru’s electoral authority declares Pedro Castillo President-elect, 6 weeks after runoff

CNN  

Bogota, Colombia CNN — Six weeks after voters headed to the polls in Peru, former schoolteacher and union leader Pedro Castillo has been formally declared the country’s President-elect. Earlier Monday, the National Jury of Elections unanimously dismissed the final appeals filed by Castillo’s opponent, Keiko Fujimori, regarding allegations of voting irregularities that were found to be unsubstantiated. Fujimori, the daughter …

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Peru: Pedro Castillo claims victory, his opponent fights results
3 years, 6 months ago

Peru: Pedro Castillo claims victory, his opponent fights results

Al Jazeera  

The left-wing candidate, Castillo, is 44,058 votes ahead of Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of an imprisoned former president. Pedro Castillo, Peru’s left-wing candidate has claimed victory in the presidential election, after clinging on to a narrow lead as the lengthy vote count ended, while his right-wing rival pledged to fight the result and has yet to concede. “A new era …

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Peru’s socialist party chief cites ‘victory’ as vote count nears
3 years, 6 months ago

Peru’s socialist party chief cites ‘victory’ as vote count nears

Al Jazeera  

The nation’s electoral authority has not confirmed the win, but Pedro Castillo holds a tiny margin over Keiko Fujimori. The leader of the socialist party that appears poised to win Peru’s presidential election claimed “victory” on Friday with its candidate Pedro Castillo holding a razor-thin margin over right-wing Keiko Fujimori. “Several presidents in the world are congratulating the victory of …

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