Some of Latin America’s leaders sought to flout or dismantle their nations’ democratic and legal machinery to remain in power or to respond to crises in 2022, risking a half-century of uneven regional progress. They can secure freer, safer, and more prosperous futures for their countries by reversing course.
Peru s Supreme Court Wednesday overruled a lower Court s decision and will agree to review former President Pedro Castillo s claims that he was denied a right to defense during his Dec. 7 impeachment by Congress.
Lima, Feb 16 (EFE).- Amnesty International sounded the alarm Thursday about the criminalization of peasants and indigenous people by Peruvian security forces responding to protests against the transitional government that took power in early December. “Serious violations of human rights are being committed in Peru,” AI’s director for the Americas, Erika Guevara-Rosas, told a press …