The 200-year-old Monroe Doctrine is a discredited relic, but Washington still considers the region its “back yard” where it can control the people, their politics, and their resources. Clau O’Brien Moscoso reports from Perú.

https://verdantsquare.net/blog/2023/03/16/monroe-doctrine-plays-out-in-peru/484947/
#Activism #Peru #Perúcoup

#AltTxt "Mujeres y disidencias contra la dictadura u el terrorismo de estado" / Women and Dissidents
Against Dictatorship and State Terrorism protest the Peruvian coup, photo by Clau O'Brien Moscoso

Peru’s ‘racist bias’ drove lethal police response to protests,

“excessive and lethal use of force to be the government’s only response for more than two months to the clamour of thousands of communities who today demand dignity and a political system that guarantees their human rights.” #peru #perucoup

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/16/peru-protests-indigenous-racism-police-violence-amnesty-international
>In a damning report, human rights group says state permitted ‘excessive and lethal use of force’ against Indigenous groups

“They are the thieves and they lie and lie to us,” said Delia Zevallos, 52, a shopkeeper, referring to the lawmakers in Congress, Peru’s most despised political organ. “The people have woken up, we’re not children any more, we know how to read and write … and no one can tell us what to do.”

#perucoup #PeruLibre #democracia #EleccionesYa #GolpeDeEstadoEnPeru

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/20/peru-protests-running-battles-police-lima-thousands-march

Two US-Supported Coups in Latin America

US dollars are used in over 90% of exports in the Americas, meaning countries who run afoul of U.S. foreign policy are left vulnerable to being shut off from the international financial system or being placed under sanctions, such as countries like Nicaragua, Cuba, and Venezuela. A UN expert estimated over 100,000 deaths in Venezuela as having occurred due primarily to difficulty receiving medicine under US sanctions. #PeruCoup

https://orinocotribune.com/two-us-supported-coups-in-latin-america-in-two-days-with-ben-norton/