Alguien sabe que está pasando en Perú?
From my understanding:
Pedro Castillo was elected last year, representing the Marxist Peru Libre party, however he himself is a conservative politician.
Friction between him and the leadership of Peru Libre led him to leave the party earlier this year, and to appoint more right-wing ministers.
The far-right, led by Keiko Fujimori and her Fuerza Popular party, has made repeated attempts at removing Castillo from office.
Today, a third impeachment attempt was to begin in the Peruvian Congress, however Castillo announced that he would dissolve Congress, set new elections for September 2023, and rule by decree until then.
This move was rejected by all state institutions of Peru; Congress impeached him, and the police arrested him.
He was replaced by the First VP, Dina Boluarte.
good to know
How is Dina? If he was cozying up to the right wing, why did they want to remove him?
According to a Peruvian friend a lot of it was just plain racism and discrimination due to him not being from the capital Lima. Just didn’t want an indigenous man from outside the capital ruling over them.
Fascists shooting themselves in the foot instead of rational realpolitik exhibit 83716385959 lol. Thanks for the info!
From what I’ve seen, she’s your average liberal. She only successfully got into politics with her election as VP.
As for Castillo appointing more right-wing ministers; there’s a difference between him doing that, and far-right forces destabilising the country, so they’ll have an easier time taking control.
Hm, makes sense. Thanks for all the info!
@kig_v2 @TheKanzler
“El 23 de enero de 2022, durante una entrevista con La República, Boluarte afirmó que nunca abrazó la ideología del Perú Libre. Posteriormente, el secretario general del partido, Vladimir Cerrón, expulsó a Boluarte de Perú Libre y publicó en Twitter: “Siempre leales, traidores nunca”. Cerrón también afirmó que el comentario de Boluarte amenazaba la unidad del partido”
From Wikipedia.
This is what happens when you try to appease the far-right as a leftist president with no prior political experience
appeasing the far-right as a leftist president
Why the hell would you even do that? Are most Peruvians far-right?
No but the military, police and most of the political establishment are. I.e. the people who hold the real power. So long as a country that has been under a right wing influence for so long doesn’t purge its armed and security forces, electing a leftist is pretty much pointless, they will be powerless.
Really puts into perspective how Maduro’s “undemocratic” measures wrt liquidating the National Assembly were almost certainly necessary and forward-thinking
You gotta do what you gotta do. As MLs we know that political power is not handed over but taken by force.
Is there really any country
Besides AES countries I guesswhere its military and police force don’t subscribe to a right-wing political ideology?Also, how do you expect to purge the armed and security force of a nation without causing a civil war or possible military takeover?
It’s hard, but somehow Hugo Chávez managed to turn the Venezuelan military Bolivarian and anti-imperialist. After a coup attempt.
Wow, that’s very lucky.
Castillo may not have been the best, but he was better than the people who are probably now in charge.
Unfortunately, many have a bad view of Castillo in the Western ML left and judge him based on a lack of context.
just another us coup against leftist presidents in Latin America
While the US is involved in a collaborative role, I would caution externalizing all of Peru’s problems as US meddling. The Peruvian congress was the major player with the support of the military. There’s a Peruvian bourgeoisie that don’t need the US telling them their interests; though the Peruvian bourgeoisie is hand in glove with the US, this wouldn’t be considered a US coup because they already have a firm grasp on the state. I’d be more inclined to call the ousting business as usual.
Pretty curious about the guy who expressed suspicion of this Peruvian guy and claimed his IP was pinging from Virginia.
Well, they’re not a mod, so there’s no way they could be looking at his IP. And the reason he was suspicious was because of his English, that’s pretty racist if you ask me. It’s implying one cannot be possibly able to type perfect English as a native Spanish speaker, like I am.
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