The Ministry of Foreign Relations of Peru protested on Monday the statements of the leftist president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, on issues of Peruvian domestic politics.
All this within the framework of the political crisis that is currently being experienced in the South American country.
In addition to a protest note consigned to the Bolivian embassy in Lima, the Chancellery of the Government of Dina Boluarte affirms that it is studying other diplomatic actions to follow in this case.
The discomfort, the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated, stems from the statements previously offered by Arce himself about the protests that have been taking place for weeks in different parts of Peru, as well as the assessment that La Paz has of the Boluarte government.
The Bolivian head of state recently stated: “We do not recognize the current government and we support our brothers who are fighting against the dictatorship of Dina Boluarte (…) we have the Peruvian people in a fight to recover their democracy and also to recover the right to choose a government that represents them.”
Regarding Arce’s statements, the Peruvian Foreign Ministry has said that “he persists in an unacceptable interference in matters that only pertain to Peruvians.”
In recent days various Peruvian political sectors had lined up against Arce’s predecessor in power, the cocalero leader Evo Morales, who allegedly had been visiting the porous border between Peru and Bolivia to actively promote revolts against the Boluarte government from the population of Puno and promote their “plurinationality” project in the Andean country.
Congressman Ernesto Bustamente (of the Fujimori party Fuerza Popular) proposed on Sunday that Peru give the Bolivian government and the MAS an ultimatum regarding the interference with which they have acted in recent days to promote riots, even showing the scenario of Peruvian military intervention in Bolivian territory, if necessary.
“Peru must give the Bolivian government an ultimatum to stop material and financial support to terrorists in Peru. Once the term has elapsed without a solution, the Peruvian Army must enter Bolivia and cautiously occupy natural resources that guarantee subsequent reparation,” Bustamante said.
The riots in Peru have left more than fifty dead so far. At the end of last week they arrived in the capital of the country, within the framework of the so-called “taking of Lima”.
With information from LGI