2023-04-26 00:20:00
LIMA (AP) — The Peruvian president, Dina Boluarte, on Tuesday claimed the pro tempore presidency of the Pacific Alliance from the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and deplored his “reluctance” attitude to hand over the leadership of the economic bloc that had He played Peru since December.
At a ceremony for the bloc’s anniversary, Boluarte criticized the Mexican for “not fulfilling his obligation.” López Obrador planned to hand over the presidency of the group to Peru on December 14 when Pedro Castillo was then ruling in Peru. The Mexican president did not complete the transfer, following Castillo was removed from office by the Peruvian Congress on December 7 following trying to dissolve Parliament and start a de facto government.
“I am very sorry for the politicization that the Pacific Alliance is going through due to the refusal of the Mexican president to comply with his obligation to transfer the pro tempore presidency to Peru,” said Boluarte. He added: “I cannot help but deplore the reluctant stance of the current president of Mexico.”
The anniversary of the bloc, founded in 2011, did not have the presence of active representatives from Mexico, Colombia and Chile. However, former Mexican President Felipe Calderón, former Chilean Foreign Minister Alfredo Moreno and, virtually, former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos attended.
The Peruvian Foreign Ministry told The Associated Press that “the authorities involved in the creation of the Pacific Alliance were invited to the ceremony.” The former Peruvian Foreign Minister José García Belaunde was also present.
After Castillo’s dismissal, his then vice-president Boluarte assumed power with votes in favor of Crongreso, which led to citizen protests in the Andes calling for his resignation. The demonstrations left 67 dead, of which 49 civilians died in clashes with the police and the Army.
Relations with Mexico and Colombia subsequently deteriorated and currently both countries maintain diplomatic relations with Peru only at the “chargé d’affaires” level.
In February, Boluarte announced the definitive withdrawal of his ambassador to Mexico following López Obrador described her as a “spurious president.” Days later, the Mexican president said that the Peruvian government was “racist” and that the “legal and legitimate president” was Castillo, who is in pretrial detention for three years while being investigated for alleged crimes of corruption and rebellion.
In March, Peru also announced the definitive withdrawal of the ambassador in Colombia given that the president of that country, Gustavo Petro, had said at the twenty-eighth Ibero-American Summit that former Peruvian president Castillo, “should be here today, they released him, he is in prison.” .
Peru, Chile, Colombia and Mexico, with a total population of 225 million people, account for 37% of the Gross Domestic Product of Latin America and the Caribbean. In their hands is more than half of regional trade (52%) and they concentrate 45% of foreign direct investment, according to official data from the Pacific Alliance.
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