(English below)
Estados Unidos y el gobierno de Dina Boluarte en Perú han acordado llevar a cabo una operación militar denominada «Centinela Resuelto 2023», que implica el despliegue de 1.200 soldados estadounidenses en Perú, con arms de guerra y equipamiento militar para realizar ejercicios militares conjuntos.
Organizaciones:
World BEYOND War
Centro de Investigación Drogas y Derechos Humanos
Dígale al Congreso de Estados Unidos, que no queremos tropas estadounidenses en el Perú
Comité de Relaciones Exteriores y Asignaciones
Insto al Congreso de Estados Unidos a que suspenda toda cooperación militar con Perú y retire las tropas militares estadounidenses del país. Detengan el envío de armas y tropas, que sólo contribuye al aumento de la violencia interna.
La presencia militar extranjera en la zona costera de Perú es una muestra más del poco respeto que existe por la población civil, que vive en una zona donde la policía y el ejército llevaron a cabo ejecuciones extrajudiciales, múltiples violaciones de los derechos humanos, uso desproporcionado y letal de la fuerza, así como encarcelamiento de campesinos e indígenas, durante las protestas contra el gobierno de Dina Boluarte.
El gobierno de Dina Boluarte ha surgido de la ruptura del orden democrático en Perú y no debe seguir siendo fortalecido, por tanto exigimos que la democracia debe ser prontamente restablecida a través de elecciones libres y justas.
Tell the U.S. Congress that we don’t want U.S. Troops in Perú
Background/Description:
The United States and the government of Dina Boluarte in Peru have agreed to carry out a military operation called «Centinela Resuelto 2023», which involves the deployment of 1,200 United States troops to Peru, with weapons of war and military equipment to carry out joint military exercises.
The United States must suspend all military assistance to Peru. The bilateral agreement between the U.S. and Peru to combat illicit drug trafficking must also be reviewed in a transparent manner, and this should not become an excuse for military interference in the country.
Now, the objective in Peru should be to prioritize the strengthening of democracy and the rule of law over the interests of so-called «security and defense», which only contributes to the increase of the U.S. military presence on the continent.
In Peru, a clear schedule must be established to call for new presidential elections, after the country’s Congress, through an unconstitutional decision, decided to remove President Pedro Castillo and appoint Dina Boluarte as president. As it is, foreign military assistance only strengthens a government that arose from the breakdown of the democratic order in the country.
Organizations
World BEYOND War
Centro de Investigación Drogas y Derechos Humanos
Target: U.S. Congress: Committee on Foreign Relations and Appropriations
To: U.S. Congress: Committee on Foreign Relations and Appropriations / Congreso de Estados Unidos: Comité de Relaciones Exteriores y Asignaciones
From: [Your Name]
I urge the United States Congress to suspend all U.S. military cooperation with Peru and withdraw U.S. military troops from the country. Stop sending arms and troops to the country, which only contributes to the increase in internal violence.
The foreign military presence in the coastal zone of Peru is yet another sign that there is little respect for the civilian population, which lives in an area where the police and the army carried out extrajudicial executions, multiple human rights violations, disproportionate and lethal use of force, as well as imprisonment of peasants and indigenous peoples, during the protests against the government of Dina Boluarte.
The Dina Boluarte government that has emerged from the rupture of the democratic order in Peru should not continue to be strengthened and democracy should be promptly reinstated through free and fair elections.
