Overview
- Herminia Chino Ccalli, mother of convicted ex-minister Betssy Chávez, will run for the Senate with Podemos Perú in the 2026 elections.
- Podemos Perú’s bicameral Congress slate features ex–Perú Libre figures, including lawmakers Guido Bellido and Edgar Tello, plus former minister Eduardo Gonzales Toro.
- Raúl Noblecilla, Betssy Chávez’s lawyer, joined Podemos Perú as a vice-presidential and Senate candidate and publicly backed Chino’s bid as a stand against what he calls political persecution.
- Betssy Chávez resigned from the Castillo-linked party Todo con el Pueblo, with a letter shared by Noblecilla that greeted her mother’s candidacy and the broader Podemos Perú slate.
- Chávez remains inside the Mexican embassy in Lima after an 11-year prison sentence tied to the 2022 crisis, awaiting a safe-conduct to leave Peru.