By Paula Bayarte Lima, Feb 7 (EFE).- Exactly two months ago, then-Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, with trembling hands and nervousness in his voice, tried to stage a self-coup that failed but served to remove the lid from a Pandora’s box of trouble, including violent protests and the ghosts of the past which have plunged the …
Federico Fuentes Peru’s right-wing controlled Congress blocked a third motion to bring forward national elections on February 2, despite de facto president Dina Boluarte under pressure from a nationwide rebellion requesting elections be held this year. This same Congress installed Boluarte as president on December 7, after MPs impeached elected president Pedro Castillo in a move many described as a “legislative coup”.