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The former president of Bolivia Evo Morales demanded this Tuesday to stop the “massacre” of indigenous people in Peru who, according to the politician, “demand respect for their vote” and considered that “no government that stains its hands with blood” is “legitimate”, regarding the conflicts in that country after the dismissal of Pedro Castillo.
“We join the clamor of defenders of life and Human Rights to demand that they stop the massacre of our indigenous brothers in #Peru who demand respect for their vote and a democracy that represents them”wrote Morales on his official Twitter account.
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He also held that “No government that stains its hands with the blood of the people is legitimate.”
In another message published hours before, the former Bolivian president compared what is happening in Peru with the events of 2019 in Boliviawhen there was a social and political crisis after his resignation amid accusations of electoral fraud in his favor in the failed general elections of that year.
Moraleswho claims to have been the victim of a “coup” in 2019, pointed out that that year “the humble people faced the armed repression of the coup leaders in Bolivia.”
“In the congressional coup of Peru, the humble people face the repression of the coup right. The Great Homeland demands justice for our massacred brothers”he added.
The protests that broke out this Sunday in Peru against the president, Dina Boluarte, and Congress have left seven dead and more than a hundred police officers injured.
The most violent clashes are taking place in the south of the country, specifically in the departments of Apurímac and Arequipa, where other mobilizations are announced for this Tuesday, in addition to those called by unions in Cuzco.
As a result of the social upheaval, the Peruvian government decreed a 60-day state of emergency on Monday in seven provinces of Apurímac, while the protests were also felt in Lima, where protesters attacked the headquarters of the Public Ministry and the premises of two TV channels.
Castillo was arrested last Wednesday after having been dismissed by the Congress of his country after trying to dissolve the Legislature and call a constituent process to avoid a political trial against him.
The gesture of Castle It was described as a coup d’état by members of his own government, including the now President Boluarte, and was rejected by the Armed Forces and the Police.
Source: Elcomercio
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