WORLD WORLDWIDE EUROPE ITALY SOUTH-AMERICA PERU News Journal Update - (en) Italy, Galatea: US military in Peru supports increased crackdown (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 Original article: "Militares de Estados Unidos en el Perú como respaldo

a más represión". Translation by Caterina for the Galatea Anarchist
Group ---- The dictatorship of Dina Boluarte has authorized the entry of
over a thousand US soldiers into Peru, while national demonstrations are
rekindled against the regime which, through the lethal violence of the
security, had murdered 50 people during the protests (19 others had died
in incidents related to the crackdown). ---- The provision is
interpreted as a threatening and dissuasive message towards the
organized people - who will resume mass demonstrations starting from
July 19, on the eve of the national independence day. From the Puno
region, the epicenter of the opposition, it has been announced that
13,000 protesters will mobilize towards the capital - in what they call
the "third capture of Lima".

According to the decree approved by parliament in May, US troops will
arrive between June and December, with the aim of offering "the Joint
Command of the Armed Forces and the police of Peru support and
assistance in special operations". They will be deployed in at least 14
provinces, including Lima and the areas of the southern Andean region
tormented by state terrorism (Ayacucho, Apurímac, Cusco).

The de facto government 1 sustains itself with arms. The alliance
between Congress and the executive - who submit to the orders of the
oligarchy - refuses to bring forward the elections for this year,
despite the request of 70% of the population. 80% disapprove of Boluarte
and 90% do not recognize parliament, according to polls this month. When
asked about the upcoming protests, the de facto president, in a
questioning tone, verbalized her threat of death towards those who
defend the legitimate protest: "But how many more deaths do they want?"

In response, the Unified National Struggle Committee of Peru (CONULP)
reaffirmed its nonviolent position, without flags of parties or trade
unions: "The original peoples of the 25 regions have already made their
decision: to abolish this state from the roots. The conclusion is to
build a new multinational state starting from the regions. Since 1821,
the 12 constitutions have been for the ruling class, not the people. The
left-wing parties want new elections, a constituent assembly, a new
constitution: but they are all part of this political class, of this old
state. We will not admit them in our struggle, nor will we allow violent
acts. We hold the police and military leaders accountable for the violence."

The forthcoming protests in Lima will determine the future of the
regime. From the very dome of power is staged an argument about
Boluarte's continuity - whether it be about immediate infighting,
garnering[electoral]support or a possible warning from the legislature
to call elections before 2026.

According to the Central Nacional de Rondas Campesinas del Perú, 30,000
members of the organization responsible for community security in rural
areas will also participate in the mass mobilizations in the capital.

Imperial Wars for Extractivism

In addition to being a warning to Peruvian society, the presence of the
US military in Peru is a strategic move within the Latin American
region, particularly in the Andean-Amazonian territory: as part of the
imperial wars with China and Russia, Washington is battling to conquer
and exploit the lithium and other raw materials of the Global South.

The United States supported, from the beginning, the investiture of
Boluarte after the coup d'état against Pedro Castillo - which took place
last December. In a recent statement, the US ambassador to the Andean
country, Lisa Kenna,[expressed her optimism about the future
relationship between Peru and the United States, urging those present
"to listen, respect, keep open our minds and our hearts and to
faithfully follow the principles of democracy and institutions"]. It is
the only South American nation to host military exercises this year -
and the third in Latin America, along with Mexico and Belize.

Recently, the Peruvian state granted the Canadian company Macusani
Yellowcake the first of three permits for the exploitation of lithium in
Puno, the province where in January the police and the army murdered 19
unarmed people, shooting classified as "extrajudicial executions" by
international human rights organizations.

In recent months, the commander of the US Southern Command, Laura
Richardson, has been explicit about the mission that the Washington
capital has assigned her: "This region is full of resources and I am
concerned about the malicious and profiteering activity of our
adversaries. They are ostensibly investing, when in reality they are
mining[...[China's aggressiveness and its game on the lithium field is
very advanced and very aggressive."

Lithium is, at the moment, the mineral most sought after by
imperialisms. South America has the world's largest reserves: 80% of all
the "white gold" on the planet is found in Argentina, Bolivia and Chile.
These days, defending land and water against lithium exploitation is one
of the slogans of the Jujuy mass protests.

For the populations damaged by the mega-mining projects, the real
"lithium triangle" is not represented by these three South American
countries but by the "link between the security forces, the state and
multinationals", as the Pucará Assembly has long observed in Argentina.

"We insist that it was the USA that ordered the massacres in Peru. The
fault lies with the foreign companies that come to plunder[the
territories]. The province of Jujuy, in Argentina, has rebelled and is
fighting because to exploit lithium,[companies]take possession of land
and water. It is a single struggle but it is always the same enemy,"
said the representative of the international organizations that support
CONULP from Lima.

The violence of the state and big capital in the province of Jujuy, as
well as in Peru, is exercised to defend the extraction of raw materials.
It is no coincidence that Puno, with its large reserves of lithium and
other minerals, is the region that suffers the greatest number of
reprisals. Against the military power and ecocidal mining of the powers
allied to the national elites, the organized people respond with the
defense of the territory and of their own existence - in the face of a
global model in agony and whose end they declare.

Note from the Galatea Anarchist Group

1A de facto government (de facto or non de jure) is an executive which,
while exercising this power in practice, is established in violation of
the constitutional order of the state.

https://gruppoanarchicogalatea.noblogs.org/post/2023/07/16/i-militari-statunitensi-in-peru-sostengono-una-maggiore-repressione/
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