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ah, cruise president pedro castillo impeached and detained. argentina's vice president, christina kurtz, convicted of corruption. what's behind this wave of investigation and criminal charges at the highest echelons of power in latin america? this is inside story. ah. hello there and welcome to the program. i'm the start, the ok. now, a week ago, he was sitting at his presidential desk, now peruse,

formerly that pedro castillo sits in a prison cell, impeached by the same congress that he tried to dismiss. he faces charges of rebellion. earlier criminal investigations also continued. now his removal came the same week as argentine as vice president, christina coach now was convicted of corruption. the former president's immunity keeps her out of jail. but unless she wins any appeal, her political career could be over all this just weeks after brazil elected lula da silva, president for a 2nd time. it's a dramatic reversal after 18 months, in jail for corruption before his conviction was an old. so why have several current left us leaders in latin america been under investigation? we'll put that to our guests in just a moment. but 1st, this report from marianna sanchez and lima on castillo is down for marching for the former leader supporters. a fable casteel gathered outside the prison where she's been held from the heart of the capital city to the south of the country supporter say they want him free. it is latest

political crisis and from bid on wednesday when cathy was impeached by congress when he left the presidential palace the order to arrest him had already been issued. he was on his way to the mexican embassy to seek asylum, but garcia's own escorts were instructed. to detain him at gunpoint, he was flown to this prison on the outskirts of the capitol, where he'll stay for at least the next 7 days as an investigation into allegations of rebellion and conspiracy gets under way. again. his lawyer has rejected the charges and says gusting his detention is illegal. outside. angry supporters blamed the new precedent. deena will not be forecast the years down for us as a man's no miss. as yet, until a month ago, she was saying that if diana say she castillo, there would go with him. now she takes over the presidency and says, she doesn't agree with the crew. the top one, what

a base belief 6th precedent in 5 years. and the 1st woman to lead the nation on her 1st full day in office. she appealed for a political truth, but refused to rule out the possibility of early elections. jessica luna's wasa, some voices are calling to have early elections, and that is democratically respectable. i think that after the assumption of the presidency, it's time for a bit of i reorientation of what else to be done with a country audience. opinion pull say 87 percent of peruvians want fresh elections. frustrated by years of political turmoil, most of beatles, former leaders are being investigated for some form village at corruption. castillo is being held, the sink prison, a former precedent under decision morty, bento. 2 kathy and i read the book, he, marty, who is serving a 25 year sentence for human rights abuses. they are the only 2 former president of

hayden who closed congress illegally. you know, lot of the wants to bring an end to the political feuding which has paralyzed the country for years as she chooses those who will be in her cabinet. she wants to show peruvians, they will not be forgotten. mariana sanchez helped us eat out lima. we do off out of south on the continent, argentina's vice president, christina fernandez. the coach know was sentenced to 6 years in prison. convicted of a $1000000000.00 fraud to raise the bar has worn out from barnes aires. oh, these are so borders of christina for an am. if a kirschner who came to the federal court building in when a site is to protest against argentina's judiciary cushion, or was sentenced to 6 years in prison. and given a lifetime ban on holding public office after being found guilty of corruption, it's the 1st time an argentinean vice president has been convicted of a crime whilst in office. 3 months ago,

cushion or was the target of an assassination attempt. when a man pulled the trigger of his hand gun inches from her face as she greeted supporters, the gun failed to fire. ha kirschner is accused of directing millions of dollars of public works contracts to a family friend. the former president denies all charges accusing the trivial in charge of a political witch hunt and serving the interest of the opposition. you don't want to mercy. this is much simpler. it's not no fair, but it's not a judiciary party. it's not a patent state and mafia. it's a judicial mafia, christine operating under the kirschner where the argentina reference for 8 years between 20072015 is now this country's vice president the, the device, the bigger in control. while there are many who continued to some water, there are many others who would like to see her in prison. kirshner is expected to

be against the court's decision. despite her conviction, she has congressional immunity and is unlikely to head to jail any time soon. ah. oh, let's not bring in our guests in london. we have javier far. hey, he is a journalist and also an analyst on latin american affairs. in one of the areas we have sebastian, the cleanser is a senior reporter for red intelligence, latin america, and a former editor of the burners areas, harold and in managua, nicaragua, ben norton, investigative journalist, and also the founder and editor of multi port paula vista and independent news website that's based in latin america, a warm welcome to each of you. thank you for joining us on inside story gentlemen. there's obviously been a lot that's happened in latin america in just the last few days. plenty of one pig . so i want to start in peru, pedro, his tears obviously made some decisions that have lost him. lots of allies landed him in prison. but i do want to take a bit of a, a step back and have

a look at the corruption allegations against him. he says that they are politically motivated. javier is that fat? well, it's very difficult to determine that because in that, in america, in peru anyway, the border between the legally legal issue issues and political issues is very, very blurry. in the case of the, of mr. castillo accusations, i had a chance to read the hole in diamond by the attorney general. and although the attorney general pro wise evidence that members of his in the circle way involving corruption, there's no data going between them. and pressure and gas p u, which is a bit of a tricky issue in 5 or many. a jury's so many, especially on legal issues in peru say that it would be very difficult for that to stand up in court. because the only reason why the attorney general link mr. castillo to these cases, because these people were part of his, in the sequel relatives friends and all that. but there's not that it linked this

more evidence that is that it, ling, i'm not saying that the reasoning is said that there's more evidence legal ebby that they said that the link between president got to you. and he's, or he's under corrupt people that were being indicted. he's being accused of being the head of a lee of her criminal enterprise. but the attorney general did not provide enough evidence to link him directly with his case of corruption. many people accused of being of being neglectful of being or been terms of not looking after, you know, the interest of the presidency. but the link is very, very frightened, fragile. and it would have been very difficult to prove in court unless he provis, and they provide concrete evidence that he was directly involved, or he directly benefited promoted or encouraged this kind of or acts of corruption . okay. well then turning to argentina, we've obviously had some similar accusations from christina kutner and she says that part of the case against her is an attack by a parallel mafia state. sebastian, who is she talking about one because it's related to it. they used to

be a close friend of the leg, press and metal. let's talk about a who became or now, or construct or, or probably warms in the properties of santa cruz in the very styles. but that one is moved to one side is one that's or was elected press here. so then something around the lead to investigate why this person all ends up having mediums. doses of mediums of dollars in bank accounts in the same time the prosecute or didn't find to your evidence of a connection between the for to know these disease. mcknight christine up under her pe,

tina said that she's big team she's being offered while it is pointing to somebody there are may be that there are reasons to think that and there is a national, broad between math leaders of the opposition on the part of the or the alliance the part of the, of the job sherry spies, which is the main, the group. so there's a bit of speculation that sebastian, i know, been, you've done some digging into this. i want to understand how, what cut is alleging could actually be possible. surely this is a strength of the question of, of institutions and not need the strength of them but their integrity as well. but

we need to understand that argentina in so very recently in the 1980s was a dictatorship. there were no democratic institutions until early 1983 and many of those institutions are very weak. and the judicial system as an example of this. and it is weaponized by the political opposition. in fact, since 2004, there have been 650 for judicial cases, filed all, almost all of them frivolous against christina finance. they cared senator by the right wing opposition. in fact, 6 individuals, just those individuals have filed between 20 and 74 lawsuits. against her, so what we see is a constant concerted political attack using that the judicial system against her as a weapon is called law fair legal warfare. and we also have leaked messages and photos and videos showing that prosecutors and judges were conspiring with the riling opposition. and with large media corporations like the global claudine,

which is the main kind of conservative media outlet like fox news and argentina, which supports the right wing for president mighty seal market. there are photos showing some of the prosecutors in an airport meeting with members of this company . when she says that there is a a parallel mafia state that's not elected. that mean that's not wrong. i mean, the reality is we have evidence showing that these compromised prosecutors were directly collaborating with the opposition and flying on their planes and going to their mansions. oh, well, i want to take that moment to talk a little bit more about institutions, that the weakness and the strength of them. because as he tried to dissolve congress, i recall castillo was accusing parliamentarians of what was at destroying the root of law and trying to establish a congressional dictatorship in some might argue that a congressional dictatorship led by elected officials as a form of democracy. riot. i want to take a look at a graphic because i believe period has had what 10 presidents now in the last 2 decades now,

to would just short some temporary interim office holders. but the other 8 were either ousted, jailed or detained. one of them died via suicide. 10 presidents in 2 decades. and what for in just the last 2 years that instability, that level of instability, heavier. how is that contributed to the situation that we're facing now? oh, this political system in peru is broken. it is not questionable that you have mentioned all the present. what been indicted. one of the this is waiting for to be extra that it peru alejandro. label allan garcia, committed suicide, or the princes are under house arrest. in the case of mister castillo, the announcement he made on wednesday, the 3rd wednesday, december of december, took everybody by surprise. according to the constitution, he cannot close down congress by himself. he cannot do. doug got violated an article of the constitution that bank him for doing that. does it 1st thing, 2nd, when congress got the day before he was,

he was still discussing his defense against attempts to impeach him in congress. your position in congress had managed to get a hold to debate the issue, but not to, to sucking they didn't have enough vote for that. he would have probably survived our vote on wednesday and tuesday evening here. now that he was going to go to congress to defend himself on wednesday, meet daycare, now crew that he was close in congress. that he was already in the reorganization of the leisure, which he has not allowed to do that. and also the constitutional tribunal. and that was the got everyone by surprise, all his ministers resigned on the armed forces and in any country latin america, you cannot conduct a cool without the support of the armed forces. an hour after the announced was made young forces said that they would not support this because this was unconstitutional. and of course, a deal after after this announcement, the congress man that their policy should manage to get in a vote to indict and to impeach

a sorry to interrupt that any longer sounds to me like a rail triumph of institutions. it shows the strength of the constitution and the press has been. i'm curious, i want to throw this to you because i see that mexico is standing by castillo, and he is there considering offering him asylum, the president's and as manual if, as i've read or describe this as a soft crew, is this been left to solidarity or is arbor door, potentially concerned that something similar could happen to him? well, it certainly was a congressional cou. i mean, it's true that what castillo did, and dissolving the congress was legally in a gray area. although in the constitution which we can talk about in a 2nd, which is deeply compromise and he wanted to change the constitution to prevent these kinds of cars in the future. but it does provide the possibility for the president to dissolve congress in certain cases of obstruction ism, and the congress in peru is that perfect description is obstructionist. it has

taken every single step since day one to prevent castillo, the elected president from being able to govern. that's why there have been 6 presidents in 5 years because there's an article in the constitution that goes back to the fuji mori dictatorship, which ended in 2000, let's not forget who had a far right dictatorship until 2000 and fuji maury, committed genocide, he sterilized indigenous women and his children are prominent politicians in the opposition. his daughter came close to becoming president takeoff. would you morty? the point is that he left behind this, this dick the tauriel constitution that allows the congress to remove an elected president with a majority vote if the president is deemed to have moral incapacity. that means nothing. i mean, basically it opens the possibility for the political opposition to constantly tried to launch a legal coup against the president. and yes, you could say that it was a very unwise move for castillo to dissolve the congress. but the reality is that

this was the 3rd time in just over a year that the congress was trying to overthrow him, and he was tired of the obstruction ism, so he dissolved it. and let's not forget that the congress, according to the latest paul from a few weeks ago, has a love in percent approval in peru. so this is, these are on democratic actions taken by a very vicious rhyming opposition. and in been includes that the daughter and the son of a former far right dictator. okay, so taking a bit of a step back can when talking about 2 trees with left us leadership and a region that's notoriously plagued by corruption. i think we can order the population struggling with vast boston, a quality deep disillusionment with public officials. these kinds of narrative that we're hearing on just confined to proven argentina. we've also seen this big shift towards the left in latin america. this coming january. i was having a look at the number that the 1st time i believe, or the 7 most populous countries will have left of center governments and feels

like the public has also railed preference. a big personality is kind of outside of figures. now, given the rise and populism across the region, sebastian, do you think that it makes these kinds of attacks on, on individual, specifically more effective in it, to, to tucker the usual big him lucky, normally got the older countries are the environment of our countries are very different from, from some being off, for instance, if they're not being paid are in washington politics of your report or in science on a she supported by about one of the population of her approval. right. things are pretty say will be 5 or the storm. she is

a hot side in the last decade. and so she did the really one of the lation of the see the service won't for her here her in the left lane in front alliance, police on is decisive. so this is an ongoing, an ongoing race on many little card to see who works. he's support to, to be seen. could it be the $400.00 and box duty? we don't have a site because there are so many. so what, what ross says is that something that

we got to show, well, politics can go either way and we've obviously seen both left and right. mean governance in power across latin america. well, the last century in the last few decades, both governments on the left and the riots have been accused of corruption. and if you off the left, all the rights who is more corrupt, they'll obviously say each other. so do you think then javier, let me throw this to you. is this an attack that we're seeing on the left, or is this simply cyclical power politics that it just happens to be that there are a large number of left as politicians and power at the moment, and they're being attacked by the rice? well, it depends very much on what country you're talking about here in peru, for example. well, mr. castillo was elected on the left when ticket, when he became president, nobody knew exactly where he stood. that is one of the, the well to prove that he had politically speaking for the novel work that the

current president who's just been appointed by congress, is moral to the left to mr. castillo, done. actually mr. castillo and fuck, and you are tourist, if prime minister until recently of mr. castillo. ah, come in. it once defended hitler and mussolini, which is not exactly something you would expect from somebody who comes from the lift. so they became like a lack of total, a political identity in relation to the political side of it. it is absolutely true out our colleagues said that parliament has been trying to put all struggles or to, to a mr. cost to you, to government. and they tried to get rid of him. in fact, they want you to accuse him of trees on which was ridiculous accusation. however, when used to castillo, you and your position never had enough vote to impeach him. when mister castillo decided to close congress, he gave ammunition to the opposition to get in or vote because many people in congress who would have been reluctant to him to impeach the president, didn't have a choice, but to ward in favor of the impeachment. so he gave the ammunition to the position

to get rid of him, and of course he was totally relate. he didn't from any of the members of his cabinet, apart from his, his prime minister. if they were all caught by surprise, his lawyers were caught by surprise. he probably would have won the war against him . richmond. that is the irony of the situation i did with his decision he took. he gave ammunition to know what to get rid of him. how to get rid of him, which is exactly what happened. i saw it is more than pollyanna, i was a strategy. there was, there were lot of mistakes. sure. i'm going to stop me there because i do want to take a moment or say, look at what lies ahead and the main trend from recent elections. it seems in latin america has been anti incumbency. what an, an opponent says one, the last. what? 16 free presidential contests in the region. so ben, do you think very briefly, we should expect then to see a swing to the riots in the coming months and years? well, it depends on the country. in argentina, the situation is very difficult, especially economically,

largely because the country is trapped in unpaid level odious debt owed to the international monetary fund. ironically that that debt, which is $44000000000.00, was taken by the previous writing president madison mockery. but it has really trapped the current government, the center sent for less government to prevent this and creasing minutes. and it's very likely that in the 2023 elections that are coming up, especially considering that christina said in her speech after the sentence, but she's not going to be running for president. it's likely the right wing is going to win an argentina. and that is going to throw a wrench into the project of regional integration because when lula comes in in brazil on january 1st, he has said clearly that he wants to try to economically integrate latin america to bring back institutions. like when i saw the bank of the south creating a new currency, and it's very likely that in argentina the right is going to come back to power. so, i mean, it, it depends on the country that you're looking at, but certainly argentina is one where i think the less their,

their control of power is very limited. and then it will be very interesting to see how the various corruption allegations and theaters across the region also pay out an upcoming elections. how we'll have to leave it there for today though. thank you . so all of our guest, hey, sebastian la crenza and ben norton and thank you to for watching. you can see the program again anytime by visiting our website, that's out there a dot com. and for further discussion do go to our facebook page. that's facebook dot com, forward slash ha inside story. and remember you can also join the conversation on twitter. handle is a high story for me in the se, hey, i'm the whole team here and i like the me ah,

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