MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday criticized a state of emergency imposed in Peru to sort out violent protests and slammed the U.S. ambassador to Lima for assembly the South American nation’s new chief.
Unrest in Peru erupted after the ousting of leftist President Pedro Castillo, who was arrested final week after making an attempt to dissolve the nation’s Congress.
Lopez Obrador, a fellow leftist, has referred to as Castillo the rightful president of Peru, at the same time as he insists his overseas coverage is dictated by non-intervention within the affairs of different states.
Peru’s state of emergency has granted police particular powers and imposed limits on civic freedoms. Lopez Obrador described the Andean nation as being in a “state of siege.”
“Power should not be used, the folks should not be repressed and freedoms should be assured,” Lopez Obrador stated throughout a daily information convention.
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Lopez Obrador took intention on the U.S. ambassador to Peru, Lisa Kenna, for assembly President Dina Boluarte, who changed Castillo.
“Does not it appear to you want a show of conceitedness, a failure to respect how issues are completed?,” he requested reporters.
Lopez Obrador later questioned whether or not the U.S. authorities was conscious of what its officers have been doing in Peru.
“It could even be (U.S. Secretary of State Antony) Blinken of the State Division does not find out about it, and it was all the way down to the embassy,” Lopez Obrador stated. “As a result of that is how they’ve at all times completed it, particularly in Latin America.”
Mexico’s authorities has stated it’s consulting with Peruvian authorities about an asylum request Castillo had made to Mexico.
Nonetheless, an opinion ballot revealed this week by Mexican newspaper El Financiero stated 52% of Mexicans opposed giving Castillo asylum, with solely 37% in favor. It additionally confirmed 51% of respondents felt Lopez Obrador ought to keep out of the affairs of different international locations, with 39% saying he was proper to provide his views.
(Reporting Raul Cortes Fernandez and Diego Ore; Modifying by Paul Simao)
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