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Peru After the Soft Coup
Image via X By Jaime Bravo and Jorge Coulon Dina Boluarte’s removal from office is not a victory for the people, but an internal readjustment of power. Congress did not obey the clamor of the streets, but rather the need to preserve a system that is crumbling from within. The fuse was changed so that the same machinery could continue to run: the pact between plutocracy, corruption, and fear. Boluarte was useful as long as she maintained the order imposed after the fall of Ped

The Left Chapter
Oct 143 min read


Protests continue in Peru, as polls register 96% rejection of Boluarte
Protesters are demanding an end to the government with the highest disapproval rating on the entire continent. Boluarte, however, says...

The Left Chapter
Oct 94 min read


Retired Peruvian general claims Dina Boluarte is responsible for massacres of civilians in anti-coup protests
In an interview, Victor Canales implied that Dina Boluarte may be responsible for the deaths of dozens of people during the protests of...
Michael Laxer
Jan 284 min read


Peru’s Choices Between a New Deep-Water Port and Used Metro Cars
Joe Biden participates in a bilateral meeting with president Dina Boluarte Zegarra of Peru, Friday, November 15, 2024, during the APEC...
Michael Laxer
Nov 25, 20245 min read


Peruvian Transport Workers Strike to Demand an End to Extortion and Crime
Peruvian transport workers clash with police in Lima, October 11 -- image via video screenshot By Global News Service On October 10,...
Michael Laxer
Oct 18, 20242 min read


Amnesty International Alleges Boluarte May Have Deliberately Planned Violent Repression of Anti-Coup Protests in Peru
Police in Peru attack anti-coup protestors in 2023 -- image via X By Global News Service On July 18, Amnesty International published an...
Michael Laxer
Jul 24, 20241 min read


Red Review #83 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from the USA, Swaziland, Peru, Australia, India, Cuba, Vietnam and elsewhere. There is also a section related to news from the...
Michael Laxer
Jan 30, 202313 min read


Peru Resists!: Mass protests met with intense repression in wake of coup
Latest developments. Workers and Indigenous groups rally against the coup in Cusco, Peru, December 14 -- Image via Twitter On December 7...
Michael Laxer
Dec 17, 20224 min read
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