Pedro Castillo

The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights rejected the request for a pardon for former President Pedro Castillo Terrones, submitted by Congressman Elías Varas. The Office of Presidential Pardons reported that the filing did not specify the type of presidential…

Former President Pedro Castillo stated on his X account that “the Peruvian state flagrantly violated his human rights and that he was subjected to arbitrary detention while serving as President of the Republic on December 7, 2022.” Castillo Terrones made…

The United Nations (UN) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concluded that the detention of former President Pedro Castillo Terrones is “arbitrary” and recommended his immediate release. In addition, it requested that the Peruvian government provide, within six months, information on…

After Miguel Torres, a member of Keiko Fujimori’s presidential ticket (from the Popular Force party), stated in an interview that “removing Mr. Castillo was not easy” and that “the journalists did it, Congress did it, and the Public Prosecutor’s Office…

After the right-wing coup in Peru and the waves of protests against Castillo’s ousting, the question remains as to why Pedro Castillo was so inconvenient to Western elites. Certainly there are many answers, but we can identify turning points in…

With his wide-brimmed peasant hat and oversized teacher’s pencil held high, Peru’s Pedro Castillo has been traveling the country exhorting voters to get behind a call that has been particularly urgent during this devastating pandemic: “No más pobres en un…