What have Latin American presidents said about the crisis in Peru so far?

For almost two weeks, Peru has lived in a constant situation of tension, after, on December 7, the until then president Pedro Castillo unsuccessfully announced its plan to close the Congress of the republic. Following his removal and his subsequent replacement in office by his vice president, Dina Boluarte There have been many countries in the region that have had to pronounce themselves on this new political crisis facing Latin American democracy.

After Castle order the closure of Congress, governments, institutions and organizations expressed their concern about the situation in which this decision could place the country. In this way, one by one, the administrations of Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Costa Rica and Brazil shared their concern what happened and made a call to keep democracy in the country, as well as the Rule of law.

Luis Almagro Secretary General of the OAS pointed out at that time that the dissolution of Congress was considered a reprehensible and condemnable act from every point of view. Likewise, he added that said crisis could have been avoided with the recommendations of the High Level Group.

Before the dismissal of Pedro Castillo Latin American governments and organizations congratulated the new president, Dina Boluarte, who took office that same day. The measure was welcomed by countries such as Ecuador, Brazil, Uruguay and Costa Rica.

On the other hand, some countries were slow to speak out directly. In the case of Argentina it was the same boluarte who indicated that he had received a call from the president of this country, Alberto Fernandez in which he would have congratulated her on her new position.

However, many were surprised, including the current president, by the statement that the Government of Argentina issued in conjunction with Bolivia, Colombia and Mexico. These countries expressed the last December 12 “its deep concern over the recent events that resulted in the removal and detention of José Pedro Castillo,” considered by them as the still president of Peru and whom they see as a victim of political harassment.

Faced with that situation, Chili He broke his silence and did not join this position, and indicated his support for the presidency that Boluarte assumed.

After going public the support of the presidents of Argentina, Colombia, Bolivia and Mexico a Pedro Castillo Due to an apparent political persecution on behalf of the ex-president, the criticism was not long in coming.

The Peruvian government Through his Foreign Ministry, he reaffirmed that what happened in the country was a coup d’état and that the statements of Presidents Fernández (Argentina), Maple (Bolivia), Petro (Colombia) and López Obrador (Mexico) “do not conform to the traditional ties of friendship, cooperation and mutual respect.”

Although they did not join the communiqué of the aforementioned countries, Venezuela and Cuba also showed their support for Castle. Nicolas Maduro I declare that the oligarchic elites took Castillo to the extreme of trying to dissolve the Legislative Branch. For his part, the Cuban president, Miguel Diaz-Canel complained about the same group for having “subverted the will of the people”.

Since the announcement of the coup attempt by the ex-president Pedro Castillo one of his main defenders has been the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has even offered him political asylum.

In his customary morning press conferences, and through his foreign minister, Marcelo Ebrard López Obrador has shown himself to be a staunch defender of Castillo, whom he has portrayed as a victim of the Peruvian elite that supposedly did not allow him to govern in peace. He even pointed out that, for his country, he “He is still president of Peru.”

Likewise, before the declaration of emergency in Peru, AMLO criticized the response that the Boluarte government has taken against the demonstrations that have been taking place. “There is in fact a state of siege, with military and soldiers who They prevent those who are dissatisfied with the arrest of the president-elect (Castillo) and the way in which Congress acted from demonstrating ”, he pointed.

Source-larepublica.pe