Government Crisis in Peru Reveals Castillo’s Rightward Shift
Under pressure from the Peruvian bourgeois and the representatives of the multinationals, Pedro Castillo’s government is moving to the right.
Under pressure from the Peruvian bourgeois and the representatives of the multinationals, Pedro Castillo’s government is moving to the right.
In this transcript of a lead off from the recent Latin American IMT school, Jorge Martin analyzes the explosive situation in Latin America, where the masses are erupting in response to the pandemic and the capitalist crisis.
The victory of Pedro Castillo in the Peruvian presidential election reflects the enormous social and political polarization in the country.
The success of the militant trade union leader Pedro Castillo in the first round of the elections in Peru reflects the collapse of the middle ground and the crisis of the regime.
Events are moving very fast in Peru. On November 9, the president Martin Vizcarra was removed from office. Now, the new Merino government has fallen under the pressure of the mass movement unleashed in recent days.