Betssy Chavez

By Diego Lopez Marina December 2, 2022

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Peru’s Supreme Court sentences former President Pedro Castillo to over 11 years in prison for failed 2022 self-coup

New Peruvian Prime Minister Bettsy Chávez. Image courtesy of ANDINA.

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Diego Lopez Marina

Diego Lopez Marina is a reporter for Peru Reports and Latin America Reports based in Lima. He also serves as Web Editor for ACI Prensa (the Spanish-language news outlet of EWTN News) and reported for El Comercio, Entrepreneur Magazine, El Nacional and others.

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