After a long and tense election process, Pedro Castillo has been sworn as Peru’s president. His victory has shaken the political and business elite in a deeply polarised country hit hard by the pandemic.Born in a tiny village in one of Peru’s poorest areas, Pedro Castillo grew up helping his illiterate parents with farm work. As a young student, he had to walk for more than two hours to reach school.He eventually became a schoolteacher, a job he did for 25 years, and a union leader. And in a meteoric rise to power, despite having no experience in office, in 2021 he was elected president of Peru, propelled by the same rural voters he grew up with.“Never again a poor man in a rich country!” was a regular message in his campaign rallies, as he voiced the frustration of struggling Peruvians. “I do know what it is to sweep a school,” he once said.Casting himself […]
PEDRO CASTILLO: THE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER WHO BECAME PERU’S PRESIDENT
