A bloc of left-wing countries meeting in Havana on Wednesday closed ranks in support of the ousted former president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, amid protests and roadblocks in the South American nation that have left at least eight dead.
"We reject the political framework created by right-wing forces against Constitutional President Pedro Castillo," the 10 member countries - including Cuba, Bolivia, Venezuela, Nicaragua and smaller Caribbean Island nations - said in a longer statement on international events issued late in the evening.
