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Peru: free Castillo! Down with Boluarte!

Spectre of Communism

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Deenabel Huartes, the President of Peru, Is Not Backing Down

The government appears to be confident. But I can't help but feel that behind that confident façars, the ruling class in Peru and also their international supporters amongst the emheritist nations are worried about the situation getting out of control. And it looks to me like the protesters, far from being cowed by this brutal, vicious repression, are redoubling their efforts to bring down the government. This is not just small groups of radical protesters. These are large numbers of people. There's an uprising in most of the provinces in the south. They are supported by many of the people who live in Lima, who are not just a white capitalist elite. And the government, I

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