The fate of the Castillo experiment also foreshadows what could occur with multiple other governments across the region also undergoing similar political transitions.
By Paula Bayarte and Gonzalo D. Loeda Lima, Apr 6 (EFE).- Nine days after defeating a bid by opposition lawmakers to oust him, Peruvian President Pedro Castillo was confronted Wednesday by intensifying calls for his resignation amid conflict with Congress, a truckers’ strike, and his opponents’ growing dominance on the streets of this capital and …
Lima, Jan 25 (EFE).- “El Ojo que llora” (The Weeping Eye), a sculpture honoring the tens of thousands of people who perished in Peru’s 1980-2000 internal armed conflict, was proclaimed a national heritage site Tuesday. “It is a symbolic act of memory, of reconciliation and of guarantees of no repetition,” Prime Minister Mirtha Vazquez said …