Nearly 20 deaths in one day Due to clashes between police and demonstrators Peru Data that has triggered all probability-related alarms. political crisis As the UN has acknowledged, the Andean country has gone from corruption to extraordinary violence. The situation has gotten worse since then Minister Pedro Castillo was sacked in December. Attempt to dissolve parliament. Then, a few keys will help you understand
how did it flare up peruvian tinderbox.
Pedro Castillo’s shocking mission
This leftist teacher Pedro Castillo, hope of the most disadvantaged country, especially in the south, presidential Peru Between July 2021 and December 2022. only six months has time to name four different ministriesAn unprecedented event in the history of the Latin American country.
it is not possible to stop instabilityharassed by cases of corruption and mismanagement and with press against, Castle when did he dig his grave Order to dissolve Congress inside shoot yourself. The prosecution filed suit, Congress voted to impeach him, and he was detained by the police.
Boluarte comes to power
Lawyer Dina Boluarte, who was vice president during Castillo’s tenure, took over the country’s presidency in 2019. constitutional succession after the latter’s dismissal. The party immediately ignored his partner free peruand announced that a unity government will be formed to resolve the crisis and that the 2026 elections will be held. protest scale Boluarte, who did not agree with the removal of the professor from power, put forward the announcement of the election appointment for 2024.
southern rebellion
But social protests inside main cities of peru not only did it end, it also became more violent, especially southaround border with Bolivia. The majority of citizens in the south, which is one of the most disadvantaged regions of the country, Castle He left power not because of his own mistakes, but because they didn’t let him rule.
in the regions Arequipa, Apurimac, Ayacucho, Cuzco and Puno, There is a large Quechua-speaking population of humble origins and mostly devoted to agriculture, who saw one of their own come to power when Pedro Castillo came. Hence the violence of the protests in the region.
half a hundred dead
Inside Julianon Southern Region related to Fist1,300 kilometers south LimeNearly twenty people were killed in protests, when they faced off against the police on Monday. balance fatal victims since the beginning of the crisis has already been overcome half face. The management of the crisis led by President Boluarte is questioned by the harshness of the police repression. So much so that the prosecutor’s office launched an investigation against the president with the allegation of ‘genocide’. The UN warned of the risk of intensification of the cycle of violence.