Latin America rejects coup in Peru, while US supports unelected regime killing protesters

At least 14 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have condemned the coup in Peru, backing President Pedro Castillo. The unelected regime, which has killed dozens of protesters, has the staunch support of the US and the region’s right wing.

 
by Ben Norton 

Part 1

More than a dozen countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have condemned the coup in Peru and backed democratically elected President Pedro Castillo.

Meanwhile, the US government has staunchly supported the coup regime, which has suspended civil liberties, imprisoned Castillo for 18 months without trial, and unleashed extreme violence on Peruvian protesters, killing dozens and wounding hundreds.

At least 14 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have publicly expressed support for Peru’s President Castillo, including:

    Mexico (the second-most populous country in Latin America)
    Colombia (the third-most populous country)
    Argentina (the fourth-most populous)
    Venezuela (the sixth-most populous)
    Bolivia
    Nicaragua
    Honduras
    Cuba
    Antigua and Barbuda
    Dominica
    Grenada
    Saint Kitts and Nevis
    Saint Lucia
    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines​​​

On the other side, Peru’s unelected coup regime has the strong support of the United States and Canada, as well as Brazil’s far-right Jair Bolsonaro administration and the right-wing governments in Ecuador, Uruguay, and Costa Rica.

Chile, led by liberal President Gabriel Boric, is the only country with an ostensibly left-of-center government that has joined the US and the region’s right wing in backing the coup in Peru.

Peru’s coup regime also has the support of Washington’s Organization of American States (OAS), which acts as an instrument of US foreign policy.

Source, links:

https://multipolarista.com/2022/12/20/latin-america-rejects-coup-peru/

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