New problems for Peru’s interim president, Dina Boluarte. The desire to stay in power until 2026 is about to encounter another scandal. Boluarte, who took office last December after Pedro Castillo was sacked, accused of stealing more than half of a book On human rights in an article he presented as his own when he was running for public office in 2007.
The complaint was presented in the television show ‘Punto final’ on the Latina Noticias signal. It is stated that Boluarte published the book ‘Recognition of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law’ in 2004. A computer program noticed this. 55% of its content is taken literally from theses, monographs and academic articles. Released in Mexico, Costa Rica, and Argentina. 12 successive pages were copied from the work titled ‘Analysis of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights’ by Gisele Jaquenod de Giusti from the second country.
book, which did not take into account bibliographies or traditional citation systemswas duly accredited in its curriculum. When he took office as Minister for Development and Social Inclusion in 2021, the book was no longer on his résumé.
government response
Interior Minister Vicente Romero assured that the prosecution was taking action on the issue. “The state has well-established institutions and there is independence of powers. When the Public Ministry works, takes action and investigates, we just wait for results.”
However, the Lima newspaper ‘La República’ He assured that no investigation has been opened into the alleged plagiarism at this time.
Journalistic exposure is known on the eve of the overheating of the political situation. The epicenter of the protests, which killed dozens of people between December and February, is in the south of the country.Third takeover of Lima“. Opposition regiments demanding snap elections and the closure of Congress, in addition to the resignation of the interim president, are due to arrive in the Peruvian capital on July 19.
Nine days later, the day traditionally handed down power, Boluarte must announce an expected change in the cabinet. But between July 19 and July 28, a lot can happen in Peru.