News of political and institutional news in Latin American countries, especially when it concerns the health of their democracies.
Inter-American Watch Wednesday 27th, 2021 (Casto Ocando, Editor) Peru Peru’s Castillo urges Congress to draft bill to nationalize gas sector Peru’s socialist president, Pedro Castillo, urged Congress on Monday to draft a bill for the “nationalization” of Peru’s natural gas sector, undoing previous statements in which he said he would not seek to nationalize…
Inter-American Watch Monday 25th, 2021 (Casto Ocando, Editor) Peru Peru’s Vice President Dina Boluarte under investigation for alleged money laundering during the presidential campaign The Vice President of Peru and Minister of Development and Social Inclusion, Dina Boluarte, has been included in the investigation for alleged money laundering in the financing of electoral campaigns of 2020…
Inter-American Watch Friday October 22nd, 2021 (Casto Ocando, Editor) Peru Pedro Castillo, Peru’s new president, tries to seem less left-wing. Investors are not entirely convinced When he took office as Peru’s president on July 28th, the bicentenary of the country’s independence, Pedro Castillo declared that he would not govern from the presidential palace. Built on…
These voices from the international community, concerned about the Cuban reality, joined the initiative of legislators from the United States, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, who requested this Wednesday that “selective sanctions” be imposed against members of the Armed Forces, Police and anyone who “is complicit in the repression” of peaceful protests or human rights violations in Cuba.
Inter-American Watch Wednesday 19th, 2021 (Casto Ocando, Editor) Peru Peru’s Congress approves law limiting President Pedro Castillo power Peruvian lawmakers passed a law that limits the power of President Pedro Castillo to dissolve congress, imposing a defeat on the leftist leader just three months into his government. (Bloomberg, subscription: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-20/peru-s-congress-approves-law-that-limits-president-s-power) Prosecutor’s Office of…
Inter-American Watch Monday 18th, 2021 (Casto Ocando, Editor) Peru The expansion of coca cultivation is a serious risk to national stability, but Castillo does not seem overly concerned El Comercio editorial board: “Some observers assure that Peru has become a narco-state for a time; In other words, in a country in which the main policy…
Inter-American Watch Friday, October 15th, 2021 (Casto Ocando Editor) Peru Peru names new ambassador to United States The Executive Branch, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has appointed Oswaldo de Rivero Barreto as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Peru to the United States of America. De Rivero Barreto, who is 85 years old and…
Inter-American Watch October 13th, 2021 (Casto Ocando Editor) Peru Former Director of the Intelligence Police accuses President Castillo of being a Shining Path operator José Luis Gil, former director of the Special Intelligence Group (GEIN, in spanish) of the Ministry of the Interior, assured documentation in his power proves that the current Minister…
Inter-American Watch October 11th, 2021 (Casto Ocando, Editor) Peru 1. New Peru Prime Minister says redrafting Constitution is not a priority, backpedaling on Castillo’s key campaign promise “This government is not proposing (to change the constitution) and won’t propose that overnight,” PM Mirtha Vasquez said during one of her first interviews with state-owned TV…
INTERAMERICAN WATCH Newsletter (Editor: Casto Ocando) Peru 1. Peru’s Castillo swears in new prime minister after clashes, in bid to calm political instability Mirtha Vasquez, a left-wing former head of Congress, replaced Guido Bellido as new primer minister of Peru. Vasquez is not a member of Castillo’s Free Peru political party, but of the left-wing Broad…
