Peru's political establishment was shocked when Pedro Castillo won the presidential election. So when Castillo made a clumsy power-grab late last year, Peru's elite made their own power-grab by not only impeaching him but also imprisoned him without charges, a far more excessively harsh treatment than any previous, elite-friendly right-wing president.

When I wrote about the protests in Peru in December after President Castillo was arrested, I never imagined that this would still be going on in late January.

Tourists visiting Machu Picchu had to be evacuated by helicopter because protesters had used rocks to block trains that run to Cusco since Tuesday.

Peru shocked the world when socialist Pedro Castillo won the presidential election earlier this year. He came into office promising to fight neoliberalism.
The right wing fought back. A motion to impeach him failed today, but the fight has just begun.

First, Evo, Arce, & Castillo:

Evo is meeting with Peru's principal social movements to share experiences, as popular sectors prepare to defend Pedro Castillo's government.https://t.co/X7cP1qagQd

— Kawsachun News (@KawsachunNews) August 12, 2021

Something/Someone Old

Last week I pointed our meddling in Mexico's elections.
Now some are asking about our involvement in rigging the last Brazilian election.

As you know by now, I've been keeping an eye on South Americas election in recent years, and how it is leaning further to the Left (according to the polls).

The Youth Of Latin America (and elsewhere) Are On Fire!

The youth of Peru aren't satisfied with the scalps of just two presidents.

Aerial pictures reveal rampant illegal logging in Peru's Amazon forest

Only from the air is it possible to make out the scale of three illegal logging roads which have been carved into Peru’s eastern Amazon, while local authorities in the jungle Ucayali region seemingly turn a blind eye.

Huddled in a twin-engine Cessna 402, the Guardian saw as many as 20 lorries carrying tree trunks plying their way up and down three dirt roads, each estimated to measure up to 32 miles. Dotted by stockpiles of logs and workers’ camps, the roads led to barges on a dock on the Ucayali river, a major tributary of the Amazon, a few dozen miles from the regional capital Pucallpa.