Crisis in Peru: how the government of Alberto Fernández has reacted

During the shortest coup ever known in these decades of Latin American history, The Argentine government has condemned Pedro Castillo’s latest deviation in its own way. That is, she criticized him without criticizing him in generic words.

“Argentina regrets and expresses its deep concern for the political crisis that its sister Republic of Peru is going through and calls on all political and social actors to protect democratic institutions, the rule of law and the constitutional order”, it is reads in a statement. issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which however, he avoided mentioning the word coup. It was after news broke that Castillo had decided to dissolve Congress, which ultimately ended up removing him.

A text similar to the Foreign Ministry communiqué was read this Wednesday by Carlos Raimundi, President Alberto Fernández’s political ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), which usually has positions strongly aligned with the Christian sector, allied with Chavismo , Castroism and Sandinism.

However in the environment close to Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero he noted that “they clearly condemned Castillo’s actions for having acted outside the constitutional order”.

Indeed, the government’s tone is similar to that of the OAS secretary general, Luis Almagro, with whom it has a bad relationship.

“Today in Peru the constitutional order has been altered. I convey to @DinaErcilia our support for democracy, peace and institutions in Peru and the urgent need to rebuild the country’s democratic path. My words today in the Permanent Council of @OEA_official”.

In Buenos Aires, meanwhile, Peruvian ambassador Peter Camino Cannock followed the line of Castillo ministers who left the cabinet as soon as they learned of his suicide order to shut down Congress. “Given the serious disruption of the democratic order in Peru, I have submitted my resignation as Ambassador of Peru to the Argentine Republic”, he wrote. Camino is now awaiting, like his colleagues around the world, instructions from Lima because the situation is about to “normalize” with the presidential announcement by Vice President Dina Boluarte, whom Almagro congratulated.

By your side, President Alberto Fernández delayed a reaction against Pedro Castillo, one of his regional allies, who he supported even before his narrow electoral victory with right-wing Keiko Fujimori. Both have met several times.

The president focused this Wednesday on organizing a virtual meeting of “international solidarity” with Cristina Kirchner before the recent sentence of justice to six years in prison for acts of corruption.

The meeting entitled “Popular Will and Democracy” is scheduled for Monday 12 and will be attended by members of the so-called Puebla Group, such as former presidents Evo Morales, Rafael Correa, José Mujica, José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and Ernesto Samper.

How events in the Peruvian crisis unfolded took Buenos Aires by surprise but just how they ended up.

The government had recently joined the group of countries seeking a way out of the problem under the OAS. Indeed, Cafiero sent his vice president, Pablo Tettamanti, on the mission of the countries that were trying to paradoxically avoid a coup against Castillo, which the now ex-president ended up giving.