Lima’s withdrawal of its ambassador to Bogota comes as relations between the 2 neighbouring Latin American international locations take a flip for the more serious following the ouster and imprisonment of leftist Peruvian chief Pedro Castillo.
(Reuters Archive)
Peru has introduced a “definitive recall” of its ambassador to Colombia, accusing its neighbour of downplaying ex-president Pedro Castillo’s latest tried power-grab which led to his ouster and arrest.
The Peruvian overseas ministry mentioned the diplomatic transfer adopted “repeated interference and offensive expressions” by Colombian President Gustavo Petro.
It mentioned Petro was “distorting reality by ignoring that on December 7, 2022, a coup d’etat took place in Peru perpetrated by former President Pedro Castillo.”
During the Ibero-American summit final week within the Dominican Republic, Petro lamented that Castillo was not current, saying he “should be here, (but) is in prison… They took him out with a coup.”
The leftist Petro is seen as an ally of Castillo, a former instructor and union chief who rose to energy and challenged Peru’s right-wing political institution.
Peru’s Foreign Minister Ana Cecilia Gervasi responded throughout the summit, explaining that “if Pedro Castillo is not here, it is because he carried out a coup.”
With the newest announcement, diplomatic relations between the 2 South American international locations are actually formally on the stage of cost d’affaires, based on the overseas ministry.
Petro’s “continuous interfering expressions have seriously deteriorated the historical relationship of friendship, cooperation and mutual respect that has existed between Peru and Colombia,” the assertion added.
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Castillo’s coup
Castillo, 53, has been behind bars since December 7 when he was arrested after trying to dissolve parliament and rule by decree.
The leftist chief had been attempting to thrust back a 3rd vote in Congress to question him for alleged corruption.
His ouster sparked mass nationwide protests which have left not less than 54 individuals lifeless and a few 600 injured from clashes between demonstrators and safety forces.
Protesters have demanded the resignation of Castillo’s successor, his former vp Dina Boluarte. They additionally need quick elections, a brand new structure and the dissolution of parliament.
Boluarte first recalled Peru’s ambassador to Colombia for consultations in December, whereas the Peruvian Congress in February declared Petro persona non grata.
On February 25, she additionally introduced the definitive recall of Peru’s ambassador to Mexico, alleging Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador had additionally violated the precept of non-interference in inside affairs.
Lopez Obrador, the leftist Mexican chief, has repeatedly known as Castillo’s ouster “illegal.”
The diplomatic dispute has frozen operations of the Pacific Alliance — a commerce group comprising Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico, as Lopez Obrador refuses at hand over the rotating presidency to Boluarte.
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Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro denounced the overthrow of Peru’s Pedro Castillo as an undemocratic “parliamentary coup,” saying it’s a warning for all elected left-wing leaders in Latin America.
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