Tag: Pedro Castillo

• 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?

• 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.