Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) has questioned the silence of the United Nations, the Organization of American States (OAS) and the European Parliament (EP) in the face of the crisis in Peru.
“The UN and the OAS, where were they? Where are they now with what is happening in Peru? Where are they? Where are the European Union legislators? Enough of pretending and acting falsely. We no longer want a farce,” he said.
These statements made reference to the elusive stance that international institutions have maintained in the face of the repression that President Dina Boluarte has deployed against thousands of Peruvians, leaving over 60 citizens dead since she took power on December 7, 2022. On that date, Congress accused President Pedro Castillo of subversion and replaced him with his vice president Boluarte.
“And we return to the same thing. They do not see, they do not hear, they do not speak. They are like vases and remain as decorations. These institutions require a radical renovation in terms of their functions,” the Mexican President emphasized.
AMLO also recalled the role that the U.S.-controlled international institutions played when the Bolivian far-right carried out a coup against President Evo Morales in 2019. “Why the silence of the OAS in the face of Peru? Why? When that happened in Bolivia, its commissions and officials were on the ground declaring that the elections had been fraudulent,” AMLO said about the supposed defense of “democracy” that Washington and its allies usually do when it suits them.
AMLO mentioned that the Boluarte regime responds to criticism by describing it as “unacceptable interference” in internal affairs. With this argument, her government withdrew the Peruvian ambassador to Honduras and expelled the Mexican ambassador to Peru.
