Tag: Pedro Castillo

• Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 11:03 UTC

  Peru's Congress chooses new 2nd Vice President

  

  Peru's one-house Congress Friday chose Rep. Silvia Monteza Facho of the Cajamarca constituency to replace Digna Calle as Second Vice President, following the latter's decision to leave her post after numerous failures on the part of Parliament to agree on a date to which to move the general elections forward, which is one of the demands of the protests since the Dec. 7 impeachment of Pedro Castillo Terrones. Monteza, of Acción Popular, is to take over from Calle, of Podemos Peru.

• Monday, February 6th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  The Indigenous-led movement shaking a divided Peru

  

  By Eduardo Gamarra (*) – Peru is in the midst of a political and civil crisis. Weeks of protest have culminated in thousands descending on the capital amid violent clashes and running battles with police.

• Saturday, January 14th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Peru, at least 48 deaths in anti government protests and night curfew in Andean region

  

  Anti government protests, involving the death of at least 48 people and hundreds injured, continued in Peru, a month since elected president Pedro Castillo was removed from office and replaced by interim president Dina Boluarte.

• Saturday, January 7th 2023 - 11:32 UTC

  Peruvian prosecutors want Castillo's wife held in pre-trial detention

  

  Peru's Public Prosecutor's Office has filed a request for former First Lady Lilia Paredes-Castillo's pre-trial arrest while she is under investigation for her alleged participation in a corruption ring, it was reported Friday in Lima.

• Thursday, January 5th 2023 - 10:12 UTC

  Protests and road blockades resume in Peru

  

  Peruvian demonstrators went back to blocking roads and staging other protests nationwide over the impeachment of former President Pedro Castillo Terrones, after which 28 people have been killed.

• Friday, December 30th 2022 - 20:20 UTC

  Peru's Supreme Court upholds Castillo's 18-month pre-trial detention

  

  Peru's Supreme Court Thursday upheld a ruling ordering former President Pedro Castillo Terrones held under pre-trial detention for 18 months after he was arrested following his decision to dissolve Congress and rule by decree, which led to his impeachment.

• Tuesday, December 27th 2022 - 08:19 UTC

  Peruvian generals arrested in corruption scandal involving Castillo

  

  Six Peruvian generals have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a corruption ring involving former President Pedro Castillo Terrones, the country's Attorney General's Office announced Monday.

• Saturday, December 24th 2022 - 10:42 UTC

  Culture and institutions of democracy are proving to be resilient in Latin America

  

  By Andrés Velasco (*) SANTIAGO – Just in recent months, Peru’s president attempted to dissolve Congress, Argentina’s vice president was convicted of fraud, and Brazil’s incumbent president threatened not to leave office if he lost the upcoming election. Add the consolidation of dictatorships in Venezuela and Nicaragua and the Salvadoran president’s announcement that he will seek re-election despite constitutional limits, and it would seem that democracy is in trouble in Latin America

• Friday, December 23rd 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  IACHR team meets with former Peruvian President

  

  A team from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Thursday paid a visit to former Peruvian President José Pedro Castillo Terrones, who is under arrest for trying to stage a coup d'état, which led to his impeachment and subsequent pre-trial detention.

• Wednesday, December 21st 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Two coups doomed to fail before they began and the power of big lies

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – Could there be anything more ridiculous than last week’s failed coup attempt in Peru?