Overview
- PRI leader Alejandro “Alito” Moreno continued an international tour, meeting U.S. lawmakers in Washington and later holding talks in Lima with APRA leaders and President Dina Boluarte under his COPPPAL role.
- Peru’s Congressional Foreign Relations Commission approved a motion to declare President Claudia Sheinbaum persona non grata, a step that still requires ratification by the full Congress.
- Sheinbaum labeled Moreno a vendepatria and dismissed his Washington outreach, accusing opposition figures of seeking foreign intervention against her government.
- The president contrasted Moreno’s allegations with public praise from U.S. figures for Mexico’s cooperation against organized crime, using it to rebut claims raised abroad.
- Moreno denied being a vendepatria and reiterated accusations that Morena is complicit with organized crime, alleging state-level corruption and campaign financing from fuel theft while claiming political persecution.