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Peru: social movements demand president Dina Boluarte’s resignation and closure of Congress
February 23 |
Rondo delegations from the Cajamarca region and representatives of other grassroots social organizations in the northern and eastern macro-region of Peru will participate starting this Friday in the XIV Congress of the Regional Federation of Peasant and Indigenous Patrols of Cajamarca, which will demand the departure from the Government of President-designate Dina Boluarte and the closure of the Congress.
In a message disseminated through the social networks, a leader of the Rondas from the province of Jaen, Idelso Hernandez Llamo, said that the meeting, which will conclude on February 25, will become a front of struggle against the right-wing coup and the neoliberal continuity.
The bases will also demand the advancement of the general elections for 2023, the holding of a referendum from which a constituent assembly will be born to provide the country with a new Magna Carta, representative of the historical aspirations of the great majorities, and that those responsible for the assassinations of several dozens of Peruvians during the protests against Boluarte be brought to justice.
Hernandez Llamo explained that the event had been planned months ago, only that now it will coincide with “the national political crisis, where we are being battered by a civic-military dictatorship”, he said.
He said that for this reason, the first point will be an analysis of the current Peruvian situation and the determination of the next measures of regional and national struggle.
Among other issues, the expansion of mining companies, whose lucrative activity is a frequent cause of protests due to the theft of national wealth, environmental damage and disrespect for the space of the communities, will also be addressed.
He added that the agreements of the Congress will be presented before an assembly of organizations that will meet next March 4 in the province of Piura (north), a space to reach a consensus on actions of struggle of national character.
He pointed out that jurists will participate in the Congress to transmit to the bases knowledge about the Constituent Assembly and to promote the call for a referendum to make it concrete.
He expressed that the peasants and indigenous people know very well “the damages and poverty that this Constitution, drafted in dictatorship, has brought us”, he said in reference to the current Fundamental Law, of neoliberal cut and promulgated in 1993, during the mandate of Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000).
The rondero Congress was preceded by the congresses held in each province of Cajamarca and the election of their respective boards of directors, attended by the current president of the rondas in the region, Aladino Fernández Rubio, and other guests.
International
Uribe requests freedom amid appeal of historic bribery conviction
Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe on Monday requested that the Supreme Court restore his freedom while he appeals the historic 12-year house arrest sentence he received for bribery and procedural fraud.
Uribe, the most prominent figure of Colombia’s right wing, was convicted last week by a lower court for attempting to bribe paramilitary members into denying his ties to the violent anti-guerrilla squads.
Since Friday, the 73-year-old has been under house arrest at his residence in Rionegro, about 30 km from Medellín. The judge justified the measure by citing a risk of flight.
However, Uribe’s defense team rejected that argument and formally petitioned the court to immediately lift the detention order, claiming it lacks legal basis.
Uribe, a dominant force in Colombian politics for decades, is now the first former president in the country’s history to be convicted and placed under arrest, found guilty of witness tampering and obstruction of justice to prevent links to paramilitary groups.
He has repeatedly denounced the trial as politically motivated, blaming pressure from the leftist government currently in power.
His political party, Centro Democrático, has called for nationwide protests on August 7 in support of Uribe, who remains popular for his hardline stance against guerrilla groups.
Uribe has until August 13 to submit his written appeal. The case will then move to the Bogotá High Court, which has until October 16 to uphold, overturn, or dismiss the sentence. If the deadline passes without a decision, the case will be archived.
International
U.S. Embassy staff restricted as gunfire erupts near compound in Port-au-Prince
The poorest country in Latin America and the Caribbean is currently engulfed in a deep political crisis and a wave of violence driven by armed groups — a situation that an international security mission led by Kenya is attempting to stabilize.
Due to the worsening security conditions, the U.S. government has suspended all official movements of embassy personnel outside the compound in Port-au-Prince, the U.S. State Department announced Monday in a security alert posted on social media platform X.
“There are intense gunfights in the Tabarre neighborhood, near the U.S. Embassy,” the alert reads, urging the public to avoid the area.
Tabarre is a municipality located near Port-au-Prince International Airport, northeast of the Haitian capital.
According to a July report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, at least 3,141 people were killed in Haitibetween January 1 and June 30 of this year.
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Israel says 136 food aid boxes airdropped into Gaza by six nations
The Israeli military announced on Sunday that 136 boxes of food aid were airdropped into Gaza by the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Egypt, Germany, and Belgium.
“In recent hours, six countries conducted air drops of 136 aid packages containing food for residents in the southern and northern Gaza Strip,” read the statement, which added that the operation was coordinated by COGAT, the Israeli defense body overseeing civil affairs in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The Israeli military emphasized that they will “continue working to improve the humanitarian response alongside the international community” and reiterated their stance to “refute false allegations of deliberate famine in Gaza.”
The announcement comes as UN agencies warn Gaza faces an imminent risk of famine. More than one in three residents go days without eating, and other nutrition indicators have dropped to their worst levels since the conflict began.
The agencies also noted the difficulty of “collecting reliable data in current conditions, as Gaza’s health systems —already devastated by nearly three years of conflict— are collapsing.”
Meanwhile, Gaza’s Hamas-run Health Ministry reported on Sunday that hospitals in the enclave recorded six deaths from hunger and malnutrition on Saturday, all of them adults.
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