"When Pedro Castillo won the presidency in Peru in July 2021, he was not permitted to pursue even a ; the coup machinations against him began before he was inaugurated. The civilised politics that would end hunger and illiteracy are simply not permitted by the billionaire class, who spend vast amounts of money on think tanks and media to undermine any project of decency and fund the dangerous forces of the , who shift the blame for social chaos away from the tax-free ultra-rich and the capitalist system and onto the poor and marginalised."
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Vijay Prashad, When the People Have Nothing More to Eat, They Will Eat the Rich. Scheerpost (21 January 2023).
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