By Gustavo Espinoza M on November 24, 2021
Castillo and Almagro
In November, in the elections held in the country of the North, Joe Biden defeated Mr. Donald Trump. From this, an unprecedented experience happened; the acting president argued fraud and ignored the verdict of the polls. In the extreme, in the first days of January of this year, Trump organized a Coup d’état by storming the Capitol. Its failure only confirmed the victory of the current US president.
The White House usually has two attitudes towards elected governments in Latin American countries. When it comes to “friendly governments,” that is, the ones genuflecting to the Empire’s mandate, it extends its hand, offers them support, and guarantees them permanent assistance.
Then, to the contrary, when oppositional administrations arise, it rejects and disqualifies them, as is happening right now with Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, or Bolivia. In the Peruvian case, a special phenomenon occurred.
When Keiko Fujimori lost the elections to Pedro Castillo in Peru, she denounced the election as fraud and challenged the decisions of the electoral body; but Washington did not play the game. It even instructed the Organization of American States (OAS) to act in accordance with that will, which is why a Keiko delegation had the door slammed in their face by US officials.
The United States then decided to “recognize” Castillo’s victory, pocketing the defeat with his close acquaintances; but an unconventional strategy was drawn up to wrap the Peruvian regime up until it crushed under the weight of the Empire. Moreover, The empire then acted in accordance with that purpose.
In order to advance in this explosive situation, the first thing it had to do was to deactivate Peruvian Foreign Ministry Héctor Béjar. This was the first task and have a “friend”, Ambassador Maurtua take his place.
In parallel, the US managed to advance in two ways: The Peruvian Congress -with only 6 votes against it- a Legislative Resolution, authorizing the entry of United States military personnel on Peruvian soil; and carrying out joint Naval Practices in Huacho, with the participation of the North American Navy.
As if this was not enough, Peru also started an expansion of the “cooperation agreement” with the USAID agency, linked to the United States secret services. All this, with Guido Bellido as the Premier.
Then a second stage would come, with the presence of Pedro Castillo at the OAS, Castillo had to pay back Almagro for the favor of ensuring his election; He had asked for “help” to face the burden that against his administration that came from Bolivia due to the sad performance of the OAS organization before the Fascist Coup of November 2020. That explains the final sentence – “Long live the OAS” that Castillo uttered almost stammering.
The third moment occurred in the Nicaraguan elections. In the General Council of the OAS, Almagro obtained a “condemnation” of the elections in Sandino’s homeland. Bolivia voted against that Resolution, Argentina and Mexico abstained, but surprisingly Peru was in favor.
The day after the Nicaraguan elections, Almagro distributed some kind of “instruction booklet”, addressed to the “friendly governments” of the region, indicating how they should pronounce themselves on the matter. Well, that booklet was turned into a “Declaration of the Peruvian Foreign Ministry” almost immediately.
Who did Maurtua consult for that purpose? Nobody knows. But neither the Peruvian embassy in Managua, nor the Peruvians who saw these elections live could have contributed to this serious element in the matter. The elections in Nicaragua were, in effect, crystal clear, transparent, democratic, and participatory. An example of elections in Latin America.
And now a fourth moment has been revealed: The White House has scheduled a “Democratic Summit”, which will take place in Washington on December 9 and 10. The meeting will feature selected guests. President López Obrador, from Mexico, has not been considered; nor Fernández, from Argentina; nor Arce, from Bolivia. However, Piñera, Duque, La Calle, Lasso… and Castillo. Will the Peruvian teacher turned president attend the meeting? What is he going to do in the middle of this pack of hounds?
Since the North American policy does not stitch without a knot, the OAS General Council unanimously accepted the proposal of Peru´s ambassador –Harold Forshait- that the OAS Summit scheduled for 2022 to be held in Peru.
Has this happened before? Yes, of course, twice. In 1997, in the splendor of Fujimorato, for the first time The OAS General Assembly took place in this “capital of the viceroys” -as it is also well known- And another one in 2010, under the administration of Alan García. Could this be the third occasion – Pedro Castillo could add his name to that of his illustrious predecessors as the host of the 34 heads of state and government of America, led by Joe Biden. What an honor!
For now, the Washington Summit appears as the main danger for President Castillo.
We remembered when he assumed the commitment to lead an Independent, Autonomous, Sovereign, and Solidarity Foreign Policy. How is he going to do it?