How the Left Took Power in Peru

Castillo imagines a new politics

_____ In his closing statement as a leading candidate in Peru’s last presidential debate on May 30th in Arequipa, Pedro Castillo, the favorite of the left-wing Perú Libre (PL) party, promised that if he became President, there would be “no more poor people in a rich country.” The second-biggest producer of copper ...
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How the Left Took Power in Peru

In Defense of Democracy

From Israel to Peru, there are lots of moving pieces in the world right now

_____ President Joe Biden is currently in England, participating in a meeting of the G7, an informal group of wealthy democracies including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The participants have issued a statement reinforcing their shared commitment to “democracy, freedom, equality, the rule of ...
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In Defense of Democracy