One month after the coup against president Castillo on 7 December, the new illegitimate government of Dina Boluarte has used brutal police and army repression to put down protests, leaving 45 dead. Workers and peasants have resisted the coup with mass demonstrations, road blockades, national and regional general strikes and the formation of committees of struggle.
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Since his election as president in 2021, Peru's Pedro Castillo has made scores of mistakes – mistakes leftwing leaders cannot afford since the media is less forgiving in their regard. Castillo's missteps provided the justification his opponents needed to overthrow him.
Pedro Castillo emerged from that deep, excluded, and marginalized Peru that has been the primordial object of nefarious consequences of treason by the elites,” according to an observer. Castillo was the first progressive candidate ever to win a presidential election in Peru.