The new Peruvian government’s threat to the Western hemisphere

Highlights

• A momentous, and increasingly dangerous, change has occurred on the South Pacific coast of Latin America with the election to the presidency of Peru on June 6, 2021 of the far left in the person of Pedro Castillo of the Marxist Leninist party Peru Libre. The United States and other freedom-loving nations are on notice that, unless addressed constructively and swiftly, the resulting problems will not be confined to Peru, or even to Latin America.”

• “In less than six months in office, the radical government of President Castillo has abandoned the pro-Western foreign policy of Peru and has abruptly changed sides, now aligning itself with China, Russia, Iran, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Bolivia and Argentina. President Castillo’s Peru Libre party is a full-fledged member of the Forum of Sao Paulo, the Latin American Communist International comprised of 124 hard-left and socialist parties, including the Communist Party of Cuba. The Forum and the Castillo government of Peru are strongly supported by the Russian and Chinese governments and media.”
• “Hostile world powers can parlay their partnership with Peru into important opportunities for geopolitical projection into the South American continent and strategic projection from the central west coast of South America to: south to Strait of Magellen, north to the Panama Canal and west to all of the Southern Pacific.”
• “Cosco Shipping Ports, the Chinese state-owned shipping and port management company, is now building a megaport 80 kilometer to the north of El Callao….“The port will be connected to the Pan-American Highway by a hardened concrete tunnel of 1.8 kilometers that will run under the town of Chancay for the transport of cargo – a curious feature that suggests a dual military-civilian use will be made of this facility that will be able to accommodate Super Post-Panamax E3 ships, but could also provide full logistic capacity for a PLA Navy Carrier Strike Force.”

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