A week ago we wrote about political turmoil in Peru with the arrest of President Castillo and installation of Vice President Boluarte by its Congress. At the time we noted a smooth transition was unlikely.
Sadly, that prediction has been fulfilled. Reuters reports somewhat widespread unrest with some deaths as a reaction to the Congressional action.
The report suggests those unhappy with the decision are mostly the indigenous and the copper miners, perhaps overlapping groups. Another way of characterizing it would be as “class warfare,” not a particularly new thing in Peru.
