NAMRU-6: A Threat to Latin America

Misión Verdad NAMRU-6 receives visit from the U.S. Ambassador to Peru, Lisa Kenna. BSL-3 containment laboratories are designed to work with risk group 3 microorganisms, which include parasitic infections such as malaria and leishmaniasis, viral and bacterial diseases. The existence of US biolaboratories in Peru poses a risk to the entire region. Namru-6 is a…

The Port of Chancay in Peru: Reason for a New War of the Pacific?

Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein The authorship of the project to build a large port on the country’s coast is attributed to Peruvian admiral Juan Ribaudo. To do that, he took on the task of looking for the most suitable site and chose a piece of land in the small fishing port of Chancay located 70 km…

Canada Joins Peru’s President in Mining Push

Viviana Herrera Peru’s President Dina Boluarte speaks during a televised address. Photo courtesy Presidencia del Perú/X. It’s been barely a year since Dina Boluarte assumed the presidency in Peru, but she is wasting no time making big changes to attract foreign investment and guarantee the expansion of industrial mining across the country. Following the impeachment…

Peru and the Difficult Search for its Destiny

Alejandra Garcia Peru is in the news again. Hundreds of people have returned to the streets against the regime of Dina Boluarte, who is entrenched in the government, does not give in to the demands for early elections, and does not do justice for the deaths left by police brutality during the protests unleashed at…

Canadian Government Touted ‘Reconciliation,’ Then Lobbied to Arm States Repressing Indigenous Peoples

Alex Cosh Former defence minister Anita Anand was instructed to offer her counterparts advice about “reconciliation” before encouraging Latin American governments that violently suppress Indigenous-led protests to buy more Canadian-made weapons last year. In particular, Anand’s briefing notes for the July 2022 Conference of Defence Ministers in Brazil highlighted Canada’s arms deals with Colombia. These…

Peruvian De Facto Minister of Defense Travels to DC Solidifying US Militarization of Country

Clau O’Brien Moscoso Defense Minister Jorge Chavez at Inter-American Defense College in Washington (Photo: US Air Force) Peru’s coup regime enhances its alliance with the U.S. with visits to Washington and arms supplies to Ukraine. National Strike, Day 217 As the political crisis in Perú deepens eight months after the parliamentary coup that ousted Pedro…

Democracy vs. Repression: Guess What Canada Supports in Peru?

Yves Engler Last week tens of thousands took to the streets of Lima. Thousands traveled from across the country to Peru’s capital toparticipate in the Third Takeover of Lima since elected president Pedro Castillo was overthrown in December. The protesters are calling for the removal of deeply unpopular usurper president Dina Boluarte. Eight months since…

Peruvians Take Over Lima, Continuing to Pressure Boluarte Coup Regime

Clau O’Brien Moscoso Seven months in, and in the face of brutal state repression, the people of Peru continue their struggle against the neoliberal dictatorship of the Boluarte coup regime. National Strike, Day 196 On July 19th, over 7 months after the parliamentary coup that ousted President Pedro Castillo, tens of thousands of Peruvians gathered…

Chronicle of the Third Seizure of Lima

Julieta Díaz Castillo, Freedom and Restitution, Photo: Román Heli Paredes In total more than 100 thousand people mobilized throughout the country calling for the resignation of the coup leader Dina Boluarte in Peru. Again there were arrests and injuries. In spite of a gigantic repressive operation and a campaign of fear of several weeks, a…

Peru’s Lonely Road on Boluarte’s Shoulders: What’s Next for the Pacific Alliance?

Maria Fe Celi Reyna Protesters march on July 19, 2023 as part of the the “Third Takeover of Lima”. The banner reads “Castillo, freedom, restitution”. Photo: Román Heli Paredes “The de facto president is only sustained by the support of the US. I dare say that Peru has never been so alone,” writes Maria Fe…

Peru Escalates the Struggle against the Boluarte Regime

Alejandra Garcia The people of Peru took to the streets this Wednesday and Thursday to demand the resignation of the main leaders of President Dina Boluarte’s regime, the advancement of general elections, and the restitution of democracy in the Andean nation. More than 20,000 Peruvians are the protagonists of the Great March of the Peoples,…

White House Deploys Troops to Bolster Right-Wing Coup Regime in Peru

Abayomi Azikiwe As unrest continues the United States-backed government of Dina Boluarte commits atrocious human rights violations In early December of 2022, the socialist president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, was overthrown in a political coup engineered by the conservative-dominated Congress and immediately thrown into prison. Vice-President Dina Boluarte was installed as the new leader having…

Canada and the New Cold War

Owen Schalk and Henry Heller Why is Canada confronting China? The Canadian government is directing a huge amount of resources toward confronting China. This confrontation goes way beyond the judicial kidnapping of Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou—it is military, economic, and political in nature, with far-reaching ramifications for Canada’s foreign and domestic policy. It is done in full coordination…

Peru: Social Organizations and Trade Unions Call for 10-Day Struggle Against the Boluarte Government

Peoples Dispatch A protester in the center of Lima holds a sign that reads: “Dina Boluarte, resign.” Photo: Zoe Alexandra The new round of protests will be called the “National Day of Permanent Popular Mobilization” and take place between July 19 and 28 On July 1 and 2, various social organizations and trade unions from…

Peru’s De facto President Blames Protesters for Their Own Deaths at the Hands of State Forces

Peoples Dispatch Peru’s de facto president Dina Boluarte rejected the call for new social protests against her government on June 14. (Photo: Twitter) Boluarte condemned the fresh wave of protests and blamed social organizations for creating violence and chaos in the country. Peru’s de facto president Dina Boluarte, on Wednesday, June 14, expressed her annoyance…

30 Years Later, Justice for Forced Sterilization Cases During Fujimori Dictatorship?

Clau O’Brien Moscoso Protest against forced sterilizations in Peru (Photo: Iván Vicente) The Fujimori regime forcibly sterilized thousands of people in Peru and the victims are still fighting for justice. National Strike, Day 147 After almost six months of a coup regime that has murdered over 80 people during continuous protests against the illegal ouster of…

Approval of US Troops to Train Peruvian Armed Forces Proves US Behind Coup

Clau O’Brien Moscoso Peruvian military training at Fort Hood, Texas in 2021 (Photo: jbsa.mil Donald Sparks) US SOUTHCOM is strengthening ties with Peru’s coup government by training that country’s military and police force. National Strike, Day 140 Amid continuing social upheaval five months after the parliamentary coup against Pedro Castillo, the Peruvian Congress, controlled by…

Mexico Refuses to Hand Over Trade Bloc Presidency to Peru’s de facto President

Peoples Dispatch Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), on May 15, once again refused to hand over the pro tempore presidency of the Pacific Alliance to Peru’s de facto president of Peru, Dina Boluarte. Photo: Presidency Mexico President AMLO reiterated that Mexico does not consider Dina Boluarte to be the legal president of Peru…