Orinoco Tribune - Editor Jesus Rodriguez-Espinoza on the Coup D'Etat Against Pedro Castillo in Peru
Channel: Orinoco Tribune
Date: 2022-12-09

This is a short video in spanish about our take on the recent events affecting the Peruvian democracy by the ousting of President Pedro Castillo after 16 month of parliamentary harassment.
Our main takes are represented below:
1-This is a Coup D'Etat. Not a new change of interim presidents in Peru
2- The dissolution of congress is provided in the Peruvian constitution, Art. 134.
3- The constitutional solutions (dissolution of congress) has been debated for several weeks already in Peru. It was not a crazy, out of the blue decision of Pedro Castillo.
4- Dina Boluarte is a middle of the road solution, better than José Williams Zapata (right wing president of the Congress). Besides, being a woman helps in the identity politics propaganda to whitewash the coup. 
5-It is not true that there was not people mobilization to support Pedro Castillo. Despite Lima not being Pedro Castillo's stronghold there were protest in support of Castillo and some protesters were wounded. We need to pay attention to possible protests in the interior of Peru in the coming ours because they certainly will be silenced by the media.
6- This is part of a very well articulated US plan to shake anti-imperialist governments in the region but also in the world: like Bolivia, Argentina, Iran or China.