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Peru: Court Orders 18-Month Detention For Ousted President

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DEC 2022
Image copyright: Associated Press [via CNN]
story last updated DEC 2022

The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

Castillo was never a good fit for the office. He was an accidental president with no political experience and governed without any discernible ideology. His reign was characterized by chaos, corruption, and incompetence. His presidency may be over, but Peru is not out of the woods yet — it needs structural and political reforms to stop a toxic desperate man from seizing power again.

Washington Post

Establishment-critical narrative

Castillo is a victim of anti-democratic persecution. There is evidence that anti-left forces colluded with the US to dethrone a democratically-elected president in Peru. The 2021 election loser Keiko Fujimori, whose father Alberto Fujimori was backed by the oligarchy when he conducted a self-coup in 1992, has close ties with the US government and its intelligence agencies. It's not Castillo's attempted coup but a nation driven by social, economic, and geographical differences that propelled his illegal oust.

Al Mayadeen English

Establishment split

CRITICAL

PRO

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