Illegal mining, transformed into a parallel economic and political power, advances in Peru by means of money, violence, and influence, threatening to decide the 2026 presidential elections from the shadows.
The removal of Dina Boluarte is not an isolated event, but rather the confirmation of the pattern of instability that has characterized Latin American presidencies for more than four decades.
In the Andean country, a record level of party fragmentation has been made official: a total of 43 political parties have been authorized to run for the presidency in the upcoming elections.
Procuring joins the long list of very serious crimes for which officials or members of the Peruvian Parliament are being investigated by the justice system.
The theory of domain of the fact, a figure of criminal law, could be applied in Bolsonaro's case: it allows holding accountable whoever has decisive power over a criminal act.
