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Original article: Elecciones Perú: La extrema derecha internacional del Foro de Madrid contra la soberanía del pueblo peruano

By Esteban Silva Cuadra.

The recent declaration from the Madrid Forum against the sovereignty of the Peruvian people, targeting presidential candidate Roberto Sánchez, represents yet another instance of political interference driven by the international extreme right network linked to Spain’s VOX and various far-right and fascist movements across Latin America. This coalition seeks to influence democratic processes in Latin America and the Caribbean to protect the interests of neoliberal economic elites, transnational corporations, and the continent’s most conservative sectors.

It is noteworthy that far-right political figures, such as presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori in Peru, current president José Antonio Kast in Chile, Javier Milei in Argentina, and Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, are connected to this extremist international coalition. The factions aiming to undermine Roberto Sánchez are trying to instill fear and reduce the Peruvian election to an ideological caricature, obscuring the true historical debate facing the nation.

It is revealing that those who maintained a complicit silence in the face of systematic corruption under Fujimorism, forced sterilizations of thousands of Peruvian women, and the repression and severe human rights violations committed during Alberto Fujimori’s regime now seek to present themselves as defenders of democracy and freedom.
The Madrid Forum inaccurately accuses Roberto Sánchez of representing socialism, falsely alleging that he embodies a supposed «international organized crime» as a vicious attack on the São Paulo Forum and the Puebla Group. This baseless and serious accusation is part of a sprawling and costly media campaign aimed at replacing political discourse with disqualification, stigmatization, hatred, and fear.

Roberto Sánchez represents the deep Peru; the workers; small producers; women; youth; indigenous peoples; and the historically excluded regions from decision-making and the benefits of development.
He symbolizes the Peru of all bloodlines that José María Arguedas spoke of: a diverse, mestizo, indigenous, popular, and labor-oriented nation that has been marginalized for decades by a neoliberal economic, political, and cultural model concentrating wealth, power, and opportunities in very few hands.

Sánchez gives voice to those who have historically been rendered invisible by the economic and political elites that have governed the country to maintain their privileges. He embodies the hope of millions of Peruvians who aspire to build a fairer, more democratic, sovereign, and inclusive country, where economic growth is coupled with equality, dignity, social rights, and the effective participation of the national majority.

Sánchez is a product of public education. He is a self-made professional, reflecting the experiences of millions of Peruvians struggling with everyday challenges who legitimately aspire to create a more just, supportive, democratic, and sovereign nation.

In contrast, Keiko Sofía Fujimori symbolizes the continuity of a political project associated with the corruption of the Alberto Fujimori and Vladimiro Montesinos government and inherited privileges. She represents the capture of Peruvian institutions by particular interests and the defense of a mafia pact that has worsened social and territorial inequalities.

The upcoming Peruvian election on Sunday, June 7, 2026, transcends national borders. It is part of a broader struggle that spans Latin America and the world: a confrontation between democratic, popular, and sovereign projects, on one side, and the advancement of authoritarian far-right currents seeking to restore increasingly aggressive forms of neoliberalism, concentration of power, social exclusion, and restriction of rights.

What is happening in Peru is part of a political and ideological battle that also extends to other countries in our region. In Colombia, democratic and sovereign forces will face new attempts at conservative and authoritarian restoration. In Brazil, those supporting President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva continue to confront far-right currents arising from bolsonarismo. Across Latin America and the Caribbean, there is a strategic conflict between those defending popular sovereignty, regional integration, and social justice, and those looking to reinstall projects subordinate to the interests of economic elites, imperialism, and new forms of neocolonial domination.

The Peruvian election is part of a global political confrontation between those advocating for democracy, the sovereignty of peoples, and a multipolar international order, and those promoting reactionary, exclusionary projects subordinated to the interests of major powers and transnational economic groups.

Thus, the importance of the Peruvian election is historical. This is not just about electing a president. It is about deciding between two paths for the country.

On one side is the continuation of a political model based on privilege, corruption, concentration of wealth, and the subjugation of national decisions to the interests of power groups.

On the other is the possibility of opening a new democratic chapter based on popular participation, social justice, national sovereignty, strengthened participatory democracy, and building a more inclusive Peru.

The true debate is not the one imposed by the international extreme right through crude campaigns of fear and disinformation. The real debate is between neoliberal, conservative, and neocolonial restoration, or the deepening of democracy with popular participation; between the power of elites and the rights of the majority; between subjugation to imperial logics and large transnational groups or the defense of national and popular sovereignty.

Peruvian democracy does not need tutelage from the Madrid Forum nor political terror campaigns orchestrated from abroad. Democracy is strengthened by respecting the sovereign will of the peoples. Therefore, in response to the attacks and disqualifications from the Madrid Forum and those attempting to dictate terms to Peru from outside its borders, the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean respond with an unwavering democratic conviction:

The future of Peru belongs exclusively to the Peruvian people.
And that people have the right to freely decide their destiny, without pressure, threats, or interference.
Because hope is worth more than fear.
Because sovereignty is worth more than subordination.
Because democracy is worth more than any attempt at authoritarian restoration.
Because social justice is worth more than the privileges of a few.
And because the Peru of all bloodlines has the right to build its own future.
The democratic battle of Peru is also part of the struggle of the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean and the Global South against the advance of international extreme right, against neocolonialism, and against those who seek to deny our peoples the right to sovereignly decide their destiny.
This June 7, Peru has an appointment with its history.

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