Following the coup against Pedro Castillo, the people of Peru took to the streets en masse to demand his restitution and the resignation of Boluarte
Lifelong Peruvian revolutionary Héctor Béjar called on progressive and left forces to urgently engage with the proletariat of today and counteract the rise of the right
According to a new survey conducted by the Institute of Peruvian Studies (IEP), the disapproval rating of de-facto president Dina Boluarte has risen from 71% in January to 81.6% in July, while that of the right-wing dominated Congress has increased from 89% to 90.4%
“The de facto president is only sustained by the support of the US. I dare say that Peru has never been so alone,” writes Maria Fe Celi Reyna
The new round of protests are expected to continue till July 28, the Peruvian Independence Day
Thousands are expected to arrive to Peru’s capital city Lima to participate in a fresh round of protests to call for the resignation of Dina Boluarte who took office after the coup against Pedro Castillo
Prosecutor Daniel Soria has made the request in the case investigating Castillo’s attempt to dissolve the right-wing dominated Congress and rule by decree in December 2022
The decision was taken a day after there were two massive explosions at the Ubinas volcano in the south of Peru
The new round of protests will be called the “National Day of Permanent Popular Mobilization” and take place between July 19 and 28
The charges against Chávez stem from the right-wing’s case against former President Pedro Castillo who has been imprisoned since December 2022
Boluarte condemned the fresh wave of protests and blamed social organizations for creating violence and chaos in the country.
June 14 marks the birth of two crucial Latin American Marxist thinkers and revolutionaries: Ernesto Che Guevara and José Carlos Mariátegui