AMLO says there are suspicions about US role in Peru crisis ‘because they don’t even care about uniforms’

The president MexicoAndrés Manuel López Obrador this Thursday criticized the role of the United States in the social and political crisis in Peru, hinting that Washington is behind the fall of former President Pedro Castillo, who is now incarcerated.

López Obrador has announced that he will raise the issue with his US counterpart Joe Biden during the North American summit on January 10 in Ciudad de Ciudad. Mexico.

“That there is no more intervention, that things like in Peru don’t happen, because the Americans are involved or not in Peru, there are suspicions, because they don’t even care about forms,” said the leftist president. at their usual morning meeting.

AMLOas the president is known by his initials, noted that “the first message after the deposition of President Pedro Castillo (by Parliament) was sent by the United States Ambassador to Peru” Lisa Kenna.

And “when a state of emergency was declared,” the diplomat went “to meet with the president, who was appointed Congress (Dina Boluarte) at the Palace of Lima,” he added.

Lopez Obrador argued that he would speak to Biden for “no longer putting up or removing governments in Latin America at the whim of anyone” but “respecting the sovereignty of peoples, not viewing each other as adversaries, much less as enemies, treat each other as allies in all the countries of the Americas”.

Diplomatic tensions between Mexico and Peru

White House recognizes Boluarte as president a day after ouster Lockwho is in jail after trying to shut down the Legislative Assembly, and praised Peruvian institutions for guaranteeing “democratic stability”.

Lopez Obrador He is one of the main defenders of the former ruler, condemning him for being a victim of the political and economic elite of the Andean country.

Declaring interference in its internal affairs, the new Peruvian government declared the Ambassador of Peru “persona non grata.” Mexico in Lima, Pablo Monroy. In the same time, Mexico granted asylum to the Castillo family and ruled out a break in relations.

This Thursday, the Mexican president once again defended Castillo, arguing that his dismissal “was a blow to Peru’s conservatism, delivered by a Peru boss who, like the conservatives, Mexico and other countries are class, racist and very corrupt.”