By Carla Samon Ros Lima, Mar 31 (EFE).- Gahela Cari was on the verge of becoming Peru’s first transgender congresswoman, but she said she was denied a seat due to transphobia and fears that her presence in that legislative body would disrupt the status quo. “The presence of a trans woman with a class perspective, …
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”.
Lima, Dec 17 (Prensa Latina) The Peruvian Police raided today the premises shared by the headquarters of the Peasant Confederation of Peru and two leftist parties, in search of peasants housed there, whom they accuse of alleged terrorism.