'On December 15, the working class across the country will take to the streets to demand the closure of Congress, general elections, and a new constitution,' said the General Confederation of Workers of Peru. 'All power to the people!'
their"deep concern over the recent events that resulted in the removal and detention of José Pedro Castillo Terrones, president of the Republic of Peru."
"It is not news to the world that President Castillo Terrones, from the day of his election, was the victim of anti-democratic harassment," the presidents said."Our governments call on all the actors involved... to prioritize the will of the citizens that was pronounced at the polls." "We exhort those in our [national] institutions to refrain from reversing the popular will expressed through free suffrage," the statement added."We request that the authorities fully respect the human rights of President Pedro Castillo and that he be guaranteed judicial protection."their crackdown against protesters, especially in the impoverished Andean region where support for Castillo, the son of illiterate peasant farmers, is strongest.
"The U.S. Embassy in Peru was incredibly quick to recognize the coup government in Peru but has been completely silent about the multiple killings and heavy repression by police," De Los Santos Tuesday."The blood of those young Peruvians killed by the Boluarte regime is also on the hands of the U.S. government."
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