Will right-wing Peruvian demagogue Keiko Fujimori burn the country down before accepting defeat? | The Grayzone
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Despite a wave of anti-communist propaganda and mysterious “terrorist” massacre, leftist teacher Pedro Castillo has triumphed in Peru’s presidential election. But his right-wing rival refuses to accept the results. LIMA, PERU – Keiko Fujimori, the political heiress to the jailed Peruvian former dictator Alberto Fujimori, appears to have lost her third election in a row. This time, she has been defeated by Pedro Castillo, a leftist teacher from the rural Andes who narrowly leads in a deliberately delayed poll. Facing […]
  • @gun@lemmy.ml
    5•3 years ago

    I guess the Trump approach to handling defeat is going to be the global right’s approach going forward

  • Camarada ForteA
    4•3 years ago

    One thing is sure, Castillo will hardly find peace

  • @CriticalResist8A
    4•3 years ago

    Apparently the US appointed an ex CIA agent and aide to Pompeo as ambassador already.

    Castillo needs to move fast and first order of business must be to try Fujimori as she only ran for president to get immunity for her fraud crimes. Once she is in prison it becomes much harder to get her out than it is to drop charges and avoid a trial altogether.