Ousted president calls Dina Boluarte the ‘snot and slobber of the coup-mongering right’ in a letter written behind bars
In a handwritten letter from prison, ousted Peruvian president Pedro Castillo is deriding his successor as a “usurper”, while vowing to continue his mandate as head of state and to not abandon his “high and sacred functions”.
In the letter posted on Castillo’s Twitter account on Monday, the former leader addressed the “great and patient Peruvian people” saying he had been “humiliated, [kept] incommunicado, mistreated and kidnapped” but added he was “still clothed with your trust and struggle”. He dismissed his successor, Dina Boluarte, as the “snot and slobber of the coup-mongering right”.
