El golpe contra Pedro Castillo fue dirigido por una derecha odiosa que se negaba a aceptar la aspiración del pueblo a un proyecto progresista

The coup against Pedro Castillo was led by an odious right-wing that refused to accept the people’s aspiration for a progressive project

“The decision obeys my responsibility as president of 33 million Peruvians,” the head of state said in a letter

Fujimori’s dictatorship in the 1990s was marked by grave human rights violations as well as corruption including crimes of aggravated kidnapping, forced disappearance and murder of thousands of leftist guerillas especially of the Shining Path.

83-year-old Alberto Fujimori has been serving a 25-year prison sentence since 2009 for crimes against humanity and corruption committed during his regime

With 76 votes against and 46 votes in favor, the members of Congress rejected the right-wing proposal

In a new attempt to destabilize President Pedro Castillo’s government, the right-wing forces in Peru have presented a motion to impeach him. The attack led thousands of citizens to take the streets in defense of their president

Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha looks at the implications of Pedro Castillo’s victory in the Peruvian elections and its wider ramifications on the continent as a whole

Many progressive leaders of the Latin American and Caribbean region believe that Castillo will strengthen regional integration and the anti-imperialist movement in the region.

Today we look at the official declaration of Pedro Castillo as Peru’s next president, a strike by workers at a Frito Lay plant in the US against brutal working conditions, and more

Pedro Castillo of the left-wing Free Peru party won the run-off elections with 50.126% of the votes, receiving 44,263 more votes than his opponent Keiko Fujimori of the far-right Popular Force party

The campaign to overturn Peru’s presidential election results is one of “unconventional warfare.”