Peru protests demand ouster of government

Vol. 87/No. 30 - August 14, 2023

Tens of thousands marched in Peru July 19, four months after a large wave of protests threw the country into turmoil following the removal and arrest of the country’s president, Pedro Castillo. The protesters demanded the resignation of Dina Boluarte…


Deepening crisis of capitalism drives political turmoil in Peru

Vol. 87/No. 16 - April 24, 2023
Agricultural workers block Panamericana Sur highway in Villacuri, Peru, Dec. 3, 2020, in protest over unjust agrarian law. Banners demand higher wages, end of mistreatment on the job.

While the protests that erupted across Peru after the Dec. 7 ouster of President Pedro Castillo have receded, the issues behind the social unrest and ongoing political crisis remain. Castillo was deposed and jailed on charges of “breaching constitutional order”…


Presidential election in Peru reflects rising class tensions

Vol. 85/No. 32 - August 30, 2021
Hundreds wait in long lines attempting to get a COVID-19 vaccine in San Martín de Porres district in Lima, Peru, July 4. Peru has the world’s worst per capita death toll from the virus.

Pedro Castillo, Peru’s newly elected president, took office July 28 in the midst of sharp political polarization and rising class tensions fed by a deepening economic and social crisis. Castillo, the candidate of Peru Libré (Free Peru), a party on…


Farmworkers in Peru defeat gov’t anti-labor law

Vol. 84/No. 50 - December 21, 2020

Thousands of farmworkers fighting for higher wages and better working conditions ended a six-day strike and blockade of highways across Peru Dec. 4, after the Peruvian Congress revoked the anti-labor “Agrarian Promotion Law.” This was a key demand of the…