[For the time being, the Peruvian ultra-right has sung victory. It
has managed to get rid of a president it detested and wanted to
overthrow since the beginning of his administration. However, it has
not been able to fully impose itself. ]
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PERU: A REACTIONARY COUP IS CONSUMMATED  
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Gustavo Espinoza Montesinos
December 8, 2022
Resumen Latinoamericano
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_ For the time being, the Peruvian ultra-right has sung victory. It
has managed to get rid of a president it detested and wanted to
overthrow since the beginning of his administration. However, it has
not been able to fully impose itself. _

VP Dina Boluarte is sworn in as president,

 

This Wednesday was a particularly complicated day in Peru. In a few
hours the ultra-right partially achieved its goal: to overthrow the
government of Pedro Castillo and open the way to a new scenario in
national life, in which it can preserve its privileges and recover its
positions of power, in some way questioned by the regime established
as of July 28 last year.

After a few hours of tension, Dina Boluarte, the Vice-President of the
Republic, was installed as head of State and called for the “unity
of all Peruvians”.

This outcome was somewhat unexpected. And it was precipitated because
Castillo himself made what could be called a leap into the void.
Without coordinating with anyone, without seeking the support of the
social and mass organizations, without the support of the Armed Forces
or of the political collectives with progressive and advanced
positions, he decided to establish an Emergency Government, dissolving
the other branches of government.

This surprised the citizens and the popular movement as a whole, and
was responded to by the most reactionary sectors of national life.

The Congress of the Republic, which was to discuss today the vacancy
of the Presidency of the Republic, for which it could not count on the
87 votes required, saw its task made easier. In the new scenario, 101
congressmen joined the vacancy proposal, with only 6 votes against and
9 abstentions.

There was a possibility that the reaction would pressure Dina Boluarte
to resign as Vice President, in which case the power would immediately
pass to the President of Congress, former General José Williams
Zapata. This pressure did not exist, and in the afternoon, the first
woman to be sworn in as President of the Republic was sworn in.

Dina Boluarte has made a call for “national unity”, understood as
the sum of all the political forces acting in the Peruvian scenario.
We will see what will be the composition of her first Ministerial
Cabinet.

For the time being, the Peruvian ultra-right has sung victory.  It is
aware that it has managed to get rid of a president it detested and
wanted to overthrow since the beginning of his administration. 
However, it has not been able to fully impose itself. Although Dina
Boluarte is not a “militant of the left”, she cannot be compared
to Jannine Añez, the Bolivian who replaced Evo Morales in La Paz.

It is not foreseeable, however, that she will follow Castillo’s
path, nor that she will engage in any popular battle. She will try to
“ride the wave” until 2026, trying not to be devoured by the Mafia
on the prowl.

From this accumulation of circumstances, some lessons can be deduced.
Let’s see:

Castillo represented a Popular, Democratic and Progressive Government.
He could not be considered, by the way, neither leftist, revolutionary
nor socialist. It was not indispensable for the Left to support him in
terms of personal adhesion, but to help him in his administration for
the fulfillment of his Unity Program, subscribed by all the forces of
the popular movement, which would give him victory in June 2021.

He led a weak, precarious and largely inconsistent government. In
truth, he did not manage to govern because from the first day he was
harassed by an intense campaign of hatred unleashed against him by the
traditional oligarchic nuclei. He never counted on the real
collaboration of the left -which he sought very little- and he
surrounded himself with a group of very questionable “advisors”
who finally became evident for their ineptitude and corruption. By
their actions, he was severely compromised.

Randomly, Castillo reacted belatedly to the enemy’s campaign. In
doing so, he opted for the path of “direct dealings” between
himself and the populations of the interior of the country, ignoring
the natural links created by the popular movement itself. Moreover,
his “collaborators” acted outside the masses because they did not
come from the heart of the people either.

That is why he could not realize the real situation, nor perceive his
political isolation. He thought that by relying on people who could
“scare” his enemies, he could neutralize them, and that did not
happen.

In this way it was confirmed that it is not possible to lead a process
of change without forging the unity of the popular movement, without
organizing the masses and politicizing them. Nor, turning our backs on
their struggles.

The future of the country is at risk. In the interior there will
undoubtedly be mobilizations in support of the deposed President.
Their fear of them was what induced their reaction not to assume power
directly, but to accept Dina Boluarte as a “mediator”, but she has
neither a Party nor an organized force to back her up. It is
foreseeable that she will have even greater difficulties than Castillo
in the perspective.

It is foreseeable that the new administration will register negative
changes.  The media, which claimed to be on the verge of bankruptcy
for not receiving subsidies from the State, will obtain juicy
compensations. But both will not change their attitude. They will
continue their struggle against the people so that greater
difficulties are foreseen in the future.

In terms of foreign policy, this will also be felt. A “cooling” of
ties with some sister countries is foreseeable, especially Mexico,
Venezuela, Nicaragua, or even Cuba; because the ultra-right will
continue its campaign against them.

In other words, the battle of the Peruvians will be harder and more
difficult, but it will have to be faced.

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