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1. Pedro Castillo appoints a Marxist intellectual as Foreign Minister2. The military (navy) forces the govt to remove him, they install a new guy 3. New guy signs a deal with USAID Voters' wishes annulled ☑️ pic.twitter.com/StFqGfBsjz— Ollie Vargas (@OVargas52) September 4, 2021

I don't like this. I hope Castillo and Peru Libre can learn from the examples of Venezuela and Bolivia and build power outside the government.

  • AvgMarighellaEnjoyer [he/him,any]
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    3 years ago

    no, but they can threaten to do shit (namely a coup) until the government caves in. this is pretty common throughout Latin America as our armed forces still have a cold war mindset.

    • RNAi [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Eh the behavior is previous to the Cold War, like inherent to "democracies". Worldwide.