What is happening in Peru is a long-running coup orchestrated by Washington
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In December last year, President Pedro Castillo fell victim to a conspiracy
By Cato Arconada, in Resumen Latinoamericano – The stage of preparation for the coup in Peru lasted nearly a year and a half, from the inauguration of Pedro Castillo after winning the elections with record votes for a popular candidate in the Andean country, until last December 7, when powerful opponents dominated Congress. He was declared “morally incapacitated”, accusing him of conspiracy and rebellion, and sentenced him first to “preventive” imprisonment of 18 months and later to 36 months.
In December last year, President Pedro Castillo fell victim to a plot to provide him with false information in order to promote his impeachment and subsequent prosecution, while he waited on the streets for the popular movement that supports him to demobilize him and relinquish his liberation. that country. US strategy. This was the stage of the coup.
The current stage is the stage of normalization. People in the streets do not stop protesting and demanding the return of Castillo and the Constituent Assembly. On the other hand, the political class of the neoliberal Fujimori model, supported by the United States, hopes that repression and fatigue will have an effect. According to various estimates, at this moment there are about 60 or 70 dead.
Note: While the Southern Command asserts that one of its priorities in the region is the fight against organized crime, the history of political actors serving it in Peru shows the exact opposite.
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