Peru’s government nears collapse as protesters angry over the president’s ouster face off against police and the military.
when he appeared on TV last week, his hands visibly shaking, to announce that he was dissolving Congress and would rule by decree.Nahuinche said: “I think the president was under duress when he read that statement. You could see he was scared. He wasn’t himself.”
“Evo Morales had a plan in Bolivia,” she said of the socialist former president of Peru’s neighbor. “He brought development. Castillo was trying to do the same here. That’s why he had to be stopped.”Some of the protests have been violent. But many demonstrators have simply sought to express their anger at the ouster of a president whose populist promises to wipe out poverty had gained traction, particularly in rural areas.
“It’s weaponizing language. With our history, calling protesters ‘terrorists’ strips away their humanity,” González said. “It justifies the use of violence against them. We’re reaching a level of polarization from which there is no return.”
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