And this is the thing...
The Peruvian people have awoken en masse this past week. The ousting of Martin Vizcarra and the farce that Peruvian Congress have made of democracy was one step too far for a population that has suffered too much already this year. They took to the streets to manifest their anger and frustration at a corrupt and self-serving congress who seek power when the country is in the midst of a COVID crisis. But here is the thing. And this thing is not just a thing directed at Peruvians. We cannot take democracy for granted. Merino ramming his way into power with a coup d’état and Trump clinging petulantly to the curtains of the Oval Office have clearly shown that the democracy that we presume to be cast iron can be very quickly undermined. We rely on the media to act as a fourth estate. We trust that the journalists we love to loathe will report from the frontline wherever power-hungry patricians seek to pull the wool over our eyes. And often they do. But not always. So you, ...