Talk:Pedro Castillo/Archive 1

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WP:RS and the Puente Source
There's been multiple recent edits about an article by leftist Latin-American scholar Javier Puente, who seems to be extremely opposed to the policies of Pedro Castillo and his political image. However, he makes some fair points that could be used in the article as a leftist criticism, so blanket deleting everything from Puente's source might not be the best course of action. Just posting this to talk so that the main people in the very moderate "edit war" can discuss what is to be done with Puente's characterization and his place in the Political Positions section.--Jihaslun (talk) 16:18, 20 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Jihaslun Just like it would be inappropriate to mention in the article of Hitler, a conservative that argues that Hitler was a left-winger because he didn't support a free-market economy, mentioning Puente's criticism would give undue weight to nonsense opinions, he says that Castillo is not a leftist when almost every reliable source describes him as far-left.Lucasdmca (talk) 20:16, 20 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Lucasdmca Seems quite reasonable to me. Just looking to see what people thought of the whole section as I noticed it was coming under a barrage of edits and needed some sort of resolution. Best regards. --Jihaslun (talk) 21:10, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

Regarding recent statements by Castillo, the inclusion of Puentes' analysis is more warranted, though I will introduce it in a more subtle manner.--WMrapids (talk) 17:17, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 28 July 2021

 * 1) Castillo has been sworn in. Update from "President-elect" to "President" 108.46.55.223 (talk) 16:58, 28 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Already done by another editor. RudolfRed (talk) 19:26, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

Why is there no mention of his victory in the election?
The article only refers to him as a candidate, making no mention of his (narrow) victory in the election, which reliable sources back up. I feel we should add a reference to him winning the election.


 * This is difficult due to WP:Verify. We must verify that Castillo is the winner using reliable sources. Though the election body (ONPE) has processed all votes, they did not declare an official winner and the interpretation of their raw data from a primary source would be original research, which isn't allowed on Wikipedia. Most reliable sources are using wording such as "presumed president-elect" to describe Castillo, so this would be the most accurate description as of now.--WMrapids (talk) 06:06, 22 June 2021 (UTC)
 * It is unfortunate that Wikipedia users gave weight to the opponent candidate's deceitfulness. This category of "presumed president-elect" is just a blatant attempt at accommodating alternative facts. During the previous elections Fujimori did try to stain the elections with her fictitious claims but nonetheless, the winner was everywhere referred to as "president elect", asi it should have been with Castillo since June 7th 2021. --Modus trollens 5:31, 29 July 2021 (UTC)
 * There's no ulterior motive here – please see WP:VNT. Wikipedia has to follow what reliable sources say, and sources (e.g. Al Jazeera) called him the "presumed" president-elect until the official declaration was made – not least because the result might've been struck down (which then would've probably been called grossly undemocratic by sources, which we consequently would've reported). The article lead calls Fujimori's claims "unsubstantiated", which makes things pretty clear. All mentions of "presumed President-elect" have now been replaced as the information has changed, and further detail isn't really within the scope of this article, it's an issue for 2021 Peruvian general election. Jr8825  •  Talk  10:37, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

130th President
According to the new agency Andina (which is the official government newspaper), Castillo is the 130th President of Peru. The article itself cites the Library of Congress of Peru (though the link doesn't work). Seems to be as official a source as can be though and it even supplies a list of the other presidents if anyone wants to go back and number them. Krisgabwoosh (talk) 22:39, 3 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Edit: The article cites this so the information is accurate and is the official government position. From what I can infer, it seems that one reason for the large number (not including general political instability) is that Peru counts each presidential term as a separate presidency. So Alberto Fujimori is the 118th-121st president. It's unorthodox but makes sense. Krisgabwoosh (talk) 22:41, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

130th president
@User:Krisgabwoosh, thanks for posting that info on the old talk page (the Andina article referring to Pedro as 130th president).

I agree with your extrapolation but we should find a source that plainly says how terms are counted and include that as a note in his infobox so it's clear (and can resolve the constant back and forth editing). I'll make an effort to find it but I don't know very much Spanish and rely on mechanical translation so I might not find it. 24.44.73.34 (talk) 23:36, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree that it'd be preferable to find a direct source explaining the numbering system, but for now, it's probably best to use the official government source. I'm currently working on reformatting the list of presidents of Peru on one of my userpages in order to make it more clear why presidencies are numbered in that way. Krisgabwoosh (talk) 23:46, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

130° presidente
@User:Krisgabwoosh; la numeración hace referencia al número de gobernantes, no presidentes. Creo que sería mejor quitar dicho número, aunque quizás se lo puede mencionar en alguna nota. La ya citada página del Congreso lista "Presidentes y Gobernantes" e incluye a 6 gobernantes previos a José de la Riva Agüero, el primero en llamarse presidente. También incluye a varios "gobernantes" interinos que nunca ejercieron realmente como presidentes.

Translation: The numbering refers to the number of rulers, not presidents. I think it would be better to remove it, although we could mention it in a footnote. The aforementioned website is titled "Presidents and Rulers" and includes 6 rulers before José de la Riva Agüero, the first one to be proclaimed president. It also includes many interim "rulers" that never exercised as president.Tintero21 (talk) 18:30, 25 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Bueno, eso puede funcionar. Pero en mi experiencia escribiendo sobre presidentes bolivianos, muchos individuales que ahora llamamos "presidnetes" de verdad no usaron ese titulo. Bolivar es el "primer presidente" pero nunca uso el titulo. Es lo mismo con muchos otros presidentes en la lista oficial. En verdad, Bolivia tuvo 67 gobernantes pero lo llamos presidentes a todos. No tengo mucha experiencia con como lo hacen en Peru, pero puede ser similar.

Translation: Well that can work. But in my experience writing about Bolivian presidents, many individuals we now call "presidents" did not actually use that title. Bolivar is the "first president" but he never used the title. It is the same with many other presidents on the official list. In truth, Bolivia had 67 rulers but we call them all presidents. I don't have much experience with how they do it in Peru, but it may be similar. Krisgabwoosh (talk) 21:23, 25 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Aquí en Perú realmente no enumeramos a nuestros presidentes, aunque sí es bien sabido que Riva Agüero fue el primero (basta con buscar rápidamente en Google). La numeración de presidentes de Bolivia parece seguir criterios bastante diferentes. Tintero21 (talk) 22:22, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

Wouldn't his coup be a self-coup rather than a coup d'etat?
He was already in power and illegally tried to remain in power, which is a self-coup, rather than a coup d'etat when someone not in power tries to take power. RPI2026F1 (talk) 19:16, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Coup
I understand the reticence of some editors to term his action as a coup, worrying that perhaps this could be considered a WP:BLP concern, or whether or might introduce WP:NPOV. I think however it is more problematic to bend the circumstances to try and fit a different narrative. Peru's constitutional court has deemed his actions as a coup attempt, the former first VP, now president of Peru has deemed his actions as a coup attempt. We also have major South American news outlets labelling his actions as a coup: "Pedro Castillo attempts a Coup d'etat in Peru...":, "Peru's President fails attempted coup d'etat and ends impeached and in jail" Folha de S. Paulo (translations done by me). Furthermore by simply saying he attempted to dissolve congress it glosses over his other actions: imposing a curfew, mandating rule by decree, "reorganization" of the courts, writing a new constitution, etc. I think there are serious WP:NPOV concerns by trying to treat this action as a normal one rather than what it was, and even the "we're just reporting the facts" argument fails patently when only one of his actions is mentioned in the lede. At the very least in the lede it should mention that the Constitutional Court of Peru, as well as his first VP, and his allies have all deemed his actions as a coup attempt. Alcibiades979 (talk) 09:55, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

Yeah, it's very bizarre to leave out the word coup completely from this article. Nearly every major reliable source within the country is describing it as a coup. Why are wincing at that word? Carlp941 (talk) 23:24, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Foreign Minister
The section on International needs to be updated after the resignation of Hector Bejar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:1388:62a:3c06:2812:b024:5962:dbc3 (talk • contribs) 03:25, 19 September 2021 (UTC)