The former president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, criticized the Peruvian government on Monday for having banned his entry to the country, assuring that the country’s president, Dina Boluarte, is trying to avoid with these measures her responsibility for the human rights violations in the country.
«I regret very much how sister Dina Boluarte (president of Peru) who used to defend our integration process with dignity, solidarity and brotherhood, now attacks us to distract and dodge the responsibility for the serious violations of human rights of our Peruvian brothers,» said Morales.
To this, the former president attached an image of a tweet from Boluarte in which he showed support for the crisis experienced in Bolivia in 2019, in which he pointed out that the Bolivian and Peruvian people were «together, raising the voice of protest against the coup d’état fabricated from the north of the continent».
In that sense, Morales, who has conveyed his «eternal gratitude to the Peruvian people for so many messages of solidarity and support, criticized Boluarte’s recent measures, recalling the expulsion of the ambassador of Mexico, Pablo Monroy.
«The conflicts in Peru will not be solved with expulsions, prohibitions or repressions. A dignified people like the brotherly Peruvian people know that the only solution to the crisis is the re-foundation of the State for the recovery of natural resources with tolerance and inclusion», Morales asserted.
«Bolivia and Peru were born together, we have a common history, we are blood brothers, they will never be able to divide us with their hatred and racism», he added.
The Peruvian Interior Ministry has banned nine Bolivian citizens, among them Morales, from entering the country on Monday on the grounds that they have engaged in activities «of a proselytizing nature», apparently after they interceded in favor of the deposed Pedro Castillo.
Morales has defended Castillo, who was removed by Congress on December 7 after he tried to increase his powers with a government of exception. He has also questioned the role of the current government, headed by Dina Boluarte, in the repression of the demonstrations.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
