Tag: Pedro Castillo

• Wednesday, December 21st 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  Peru's Congress initially agrees to shorten presidential term

  

  Peru's Congress Tuesday approved a bill to bring forward the general elections to April 2024 after it had rejected a similar initiative last week, thus fueling additional unrest nationwide.

• Saturday, December 17th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  “Malvinas are not Argentine, and definitively... Falklands are English,” argues Peruvian lawmaker

  

  “If Argentine president Alberto Fernandez insists on recognizing coup-monger Pedro Castillo as the legitimate president of Peru, we should definitively say that the Malvinas islands are not Argentine, but British.”

• Saturday, December 17th 2022 - 09:17 UTC

  Curfew decreed in 15 Peruvian provinces as unrest mounts

  

  Peru's President Dina Boluarte Friday decreed a curfew in 15 provinces and the Armed Forces have taken over the country's security following mounting violence since the impeachment of Pedro Castillo Terrones on Dec. 7.

• Friday, December 16th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Peruvian court sentences Castillo to 18 months in pre-trial detention

  

  Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones has been placed under pre-trial detention for 18 months as he faces rebellion and conspiracy charges for announcing he would be dissolving Congress and ruling by means of decree laws.

• Wednesday, December 14th 2022 - 19:39 UTC

  Cusco Airport closed as violence in Peru keeps hitting strategic air terminals

  

  The Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport in the Peruvian city of Cusco has been closed as a result of the ongoing protests following the impeachment of Pedro Castillo Terrones and his replacement by Dina Boluarte.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2022 - 20:25 UTC

  AMLO still calls Castillo “President” and insists “will of the people” must be respected

  

  Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) Tuesday replied to the objections raised by Peru's Foreign Ministry to his comments regarding the ongoing political crisis in the South American Country.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Argentina and three other countries take diplomatic turn and ask for Castillo's restitution in Peru

  

  The governments of Colombia, Mexico, Argentina and Bolivia have changed their position regarding the political crisis in Peru, which worsened in the last days after the removal of former president Pedro Castillo from office by the Congress. The government of Alberto Fernandez supported in the last hours the former president, currently under arrest and requesting asylum in Mexico, after the Argentinean Foreign Ministry criticized Castillo for altering the “constitutional order” after attempting a self-coup in which he tried to dissolve the Parliament.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Castillo criticizes Boluarte, says he will remain loyal to the people

  

  Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones Monday said he was being “kidnapped” and insisted Dina Boluarte, who was sworn in after his impeachment, was a “usurper.”

• Monday, December 12th 2022 - 19:34 UTC

  Protesters in Peru seize Arequipa airport in demand of Castillo's release

  

  Supporters of deposed President Pedro Castillo Terrones have seized the airport at the Peruvian town of Arequipa in a move to demand the resignation of Vice President Dina Boluarte, who was sworn in as the new head of state following the Peru Libre leader's impeachment after he announced he was dissolving Parliament.

• Monday, December 12th 2022 - 10:42 UTC

  Protests in Peru leave 2 dead and many wounded among Castillo supporters

  

  At least two people have been reported killed in demonstrations throughout Peru opposing the government of President Dina Boluarte, who was sworn in last week after Congress impeached Pedro Castillo Terrones following his attempt to dissolve Parliament.