After Peru’s Indigenous President Pedro Castillo was removed from power through lawfare in December 2022, his supporters took to the streets for waves of protests in which the police killed dozens.
Eliana Carlin, a Peruvian political scientist, joins Lee Camp for a live interview on the situation on the ground today, and the Peruvian campaign to overturn the US-backed legislative coup.
International companies are destroying forests to create palm oil plantationsThe following statement was issued by thirteen Indigenous organizations from across the Peruvian Amazon, including local and regional federations from Ucayali, and the national Indigenous Peoples organization AIDESEP.
16 June 2021 — Internationalist 360°
José Carlos Llerena, Vijay Prashad
Keiko Fujimori and Fernando Rospigliosi.
While by all accounts, Pedro Castillo won the second round presidential elections, his adversary has refused to concede, and many fear that tensions could escalate with the help of Peru’s loyal right and the newly appointed US ambassador
8 June 2021 — MintPress News
In a cliffhanger of an election with a huge urban-rural and class divide, it appears that the rural teacher, farmer and union leader is about to make history by defeating–by less than one percent–powerful far-right candidate Keiko Fujimori.
by Medea Benjamin and Leonardo Flores
28 March 209 — RT
Magestic approach to La Rinconada – through garbage © Andre Vltchek
While the West attacks Venezuela, a country that improved the lives of many of its citizens, it overlooks horrors that are taking place in Peru and other ‘pro-market’ countries in Latin America.
The New Dark Age 