Peru

Organized crime is on the rise, attacking the poorest and most vulnerable people in the poorest neighborhoods, who are now protesting with a strike that has paralyzed Lima and Callao. By Simon Lazara The transport strike announced for October 10, 11, and 12 paralyzed Lima on its first day, causing real chaos in the city’s […]

By Simón Lazara – Socialist Workers Party (Peru) Former dictator Alberto Fujimori died and “official” Peru has been paying homage to him, while the working and popular majority can only rejoice; they feel anything but sorrow. Fujimori has died at the age of 86 after a long battle with cancer, but he has done so […]

The recent collective dismissals at the ceramics manufacturer Celima are part of a long list of closures, layoffs, and impositions of “perfect work suspensions” (temporary layoffs) which for the past 5 years have been hanging over the Peruvian working class, especially industrial workers. By Victor Montes Because the defeat of collective dismissals is a vital […]

It was during the national holidays (July 28 and 29) in 1974, that a group of young militants founded our party, the Socialist Workers Party (PST) in Peru. Now we want to commemorate the founding of the party by giving a brief history and a offering a balance sheet to take stock of the objectives […]

The resumption of conflicts against big mining, in response to the government’s decision to go forward with projects widely rejected by the people, such as Conga or Tia Maria, opens up the possibility of dealing a defeat to Boluarte and company in the field of class struggle and modifying the correlation of forces in favor […]

Two weeks after the publication of this article in Bandera Socialista, press of the Socialist Workers Party – Peru, the Permanent Commission of the Congress of the Republic, which meets between legislatures, approved in a second vote a law that declares crimes against humanity committed before 2002 to be barred from prosecution. By Víctor Montes […]

By Socialist Workers Party (PST) – Peru On June 12, the Board of Supreme Prosecutors rejected the Reform project that declared the reorganization of the National Board of Justice and the Public Ministry, and called on citizens to join in the “defense of democracy and the Rule of Law”. Several NGOs and political parties accepted […]

A government as disastrous as that of Dina Boluarte obviously does not stand on its own merit. It remains, in spite of its criminal and corrupt acts, as an extension of the current political order. This order is the product of a pact between the organizations that control the Congress, which have, in more than […]

Although authorities pretend to have won and feign normalcy, the struggle to oust Boluarte and dismiss the hated Congress continues, with tempers running hotter than when this process began. By: PST-Peru The struggle, however, has reached a temporary lull after more than 40 days of permanent mobilization since it began again at the start of […]

The government of Dina Boluarte which killed 48 demonstrators and wounded thousands remains in power, along with a Congress that has been rejected by the population in general. They remain in power by the force of repression, the persecution of leaders, slander, and the blatant lies that accuse those who protest of being terrorists. They […]

Pedro Castillo, President of Peru, has been deposed. After having totally abandoned the changes promised in his electoral campaign, and after being entangled in accusations of corruption that he never knew how to deal with, he found himself up against a wall. On the verge of a new motion of impeachment promoted by various business […]

While this text was being written, the government of Dina Boluarte and the Congress murdered, Víctor Santisteban Yacsacilca (55 years old) in Lima, the latest repressive action of the national police. Víctor Santisteban was shot in the head, like so many others wounded on January 28, but the wounds ended his life. By: PST-Perú Peru […]

As in every second wave that occurs in long battles -such as the one in Peru against the regime now headed by Boluarte-, it is also more radical, decisive and, unfortunately, bloody. And it will not have a positive outcome without the defeat of the regime. By Simon Lazara, PST Peru January 9th was a […]

27 dead is the balance, so far, of the state of emergency dictated by the murderous government of Boluarte and her Congress, which has given free reign to the armed forces and the police to shoot to kill. Neither Veronika Mendoza, nor Arana, nor Huilca or Glave have made a frank call to strengthen the […]

In the face of the reactionary right that seeks to take over the government and Castillo’s inaction in the face of the problems that afflict the working people… General Strike! The crisis in which the government and the parliament are immersed reached decisive stages: a new motion of impeachment led to Castillo’s dismissal of the […]

A little more than 50 days after the fall of Castillo and the rise of Dina Boluarte’s government, Peru is witnessing massive demonstrations demanding “Dina out,” the closing of Congress, early general elections and a Constituent Assembly. But these two months are also ones filled with state violence to a degree that is beginning to […]