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  1. Virgulino Ferreira

    Peruvian coup d'état

    https://rpp.pe/politica/congreso/congresista-pasion-davila-agredio-con-un-golpe-por-la-espalda-a-juan-burgos-durante-sesion-del-pleno-noticia-1452816 Moments ago: a Marxist hit-and-run, literally! :LOL:
  2. Virgulino Ferreira

    Peruvian coup d'état

    "Since he took office in July 2021, Castillo's administration has been a chaotic mess of far left infighting, endless corruption scandals and ineptitude. All the while, the president largely ignored the poor who he frequently claimed to represent."...
  3. Virgulino Ferreira

    Peruvian coup d'état

    In Peru they are calling it a "tragicomic coup": "The tragicomic coup d'état of Pedro Castillo that took him straight to prison" "In just three hours, the fate of the professor from Chota changed. His attempt to close the Congress led to his dismissal and his arrest before he could get to...
  4. Virgulino Ferreira

    Peruvian coup d'état

    https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/internacional/waack-castillo-foi-um-desastre-de-proporcoes-dramaturgicas/ Waack: Castillo was a disaster of dramaturgical proportions In less than a year and a half he had appointed and dismissed five ministries, broken with old and new allies and never managed to...
  5. Virgulino Ferreira

    Peruvian coup d'état

    I've always found the story of the Shining Path fascinating (and absurd). If you are still interested, this great and relatively recent lecture may be of interest to you.
  6. Virgulino Ferreira

    Peruvian coup d'état

    Dina Boluarte, President of Peru, and the first woman to become one.
  7. Virgulino Ferreira

    Peruvian coup d'état

    2 hours ago, Dina Boluarte, vice president of Peru: "I reject Pedro Castillo's decision to perpetrate the breakdown of constitutional order by closing the Congress. This is a coup d'état that aggravates the political and institutional crisis that Peruvian society will have to overcome with...
  8. Virgulino Ferreira

    Peruvian coup d'état

    Pedro Castillo arrested.
  9. Virgulino Ferreira

    Peruvian coup d'état

    Perhaps I have not chosen the best English translation. Again, as a South American, I can tell you that it is almost never about left or right down here. Almost always about tribes and momentary confluences. As for Marxism, this is South American Marxism, that is, there are dozens of flavours...
  10. Virgulino Ferreira

    Peruvian coup d'état

    Peruvian Congress just in: "We share the resolution of Congress that declares the presidential vacancy of Pedro Castillo Terrones."
  11. Virgulino Ferreira

    Peruvian coup d'état

    One hour ago, Peruvian Congress official twitter: "#CongresoInforma l Faced with President Pedro Castillo's decision to unconstitutionally close Congress, the public is informed of the following." "No one owes obedience to a usurper government, nor to those who assume public functions in...
  12. Virgulino Ferreira

    Peruvian coup d'état

    I know nothing, but as a South American, I can reasonably guess that there are no good guys or good sides, just a momentary confluence of interests, mixed in an ocean of incompetence and buffoonery, in the middle of a rhetorical storm.
  13. Virgulino Ferreira

    Peruvian coup d'état

    Things are still very fluid and confused, but it may have some similarities with the 1992 Peruvian self-coup d'état. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Peruvian_self-coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
  14. Virgulino Ferreira

    Peruvian coup d'état

    Peruvian Congress in session, they have just voted to impeach the President: ( If I'm understanding correctly 'vacancia' = 'vacancy' )
  15. Virgulino Ferreira

    Peruvian coup d'état

    It's bad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_exception
  16. Virgulino Ferreira

    Peruvian coup d'état

  17. Virgulino Ferreira

    Peruvian coup d'état

    Left-wing president José Pedro Castillo Terrones closes congress, announces on TV "government of exception in the country", decrees night curfew.
  18. Virgulino Ferreira

    Peruvian coup d'état

    Developing story.


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