Betssy Betzabet Chávez Chino
PerupoliticianFemale4.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Betssy Chávez Chino is a former Prime Minister of Peru who served under President Pedro Castillo. She has been accused of participation in the attempted coup against the Peruvian government in December 2022. Recently, she was released from preventive detention after the Constitutional Tribunal found irregularities in her case. Despite her freedom, she faces a request for an extension of her preventive detention and is at risk of seeking asylum abroad.
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Betssy Chávez received a safe conduct from the Government of Peru and traveled to Mexico.
Betssy Chávez: Gobierno peruano otorga salvoconducto y exministra viaja a México anuncia CancilleríaPeru· 2026-08-07
Betssy Betzabet Chavez Chino is a former prime minister who is currently in asylum and has been sentenced for her involvement in the same case as Pedro Castillo.
Pedro Castillo: Comisión de Gracias Presidenciales solicitó al PJ información por el Caso del Golpe de EstadoPeru· 2026-07-22
Betssy Chávez is the former president of the Council of Ministers who was also convicted for conspiracy to commit rebellion.
Pedro Castillo y Betssy Chávez: ¿Cuáles fueron los argumentos del tribunal para condenarlos a más de 11 años por conspiración para la rebelión por el golpe de Estado? | TLCnota | POLITICAPeru· 2025-11-28
Betssy Betzabet Chávez Chino is accused of infringing constitutional articles and is proposed to receive a ten-year ban from public office.
Pedro Castillo: Congreso reprograma debate y votación de inhabilitación a golpista expresidente | POLITICAPeru· 2025-11-20
Betssy Chávez is the former president of the Council of Ministers of Peru who is also facing accusations and a proposed ten-year disqualification from public office.
Golpe de Estado: Subcomisión del Congreso aprueba informe que propone inhabilitar por 10 años a Pedro Castillo y Betssy Chávez | POLITICAPeru· 2025-11-07
Betssy Chávez is facing a ten-year disqualification for her role in the coup d'état.
Betssy Chávez EN VIVO Comisión Permanente del Congreso informe inhabilitarla por diez años el golpe de Estado | POLITICAPeru· 2025-09-29
Betssy Chávez, former president of the Council of Ministers under Pedro Castillo, was released but must face a request for the extension of her preventive detention.
Betssy Chávez y el riesgo de un asilo: PJ prolongación de la prisión preventiva de la exministra de Pedro Castillo acusada de “rebelión” | tlcnota | POLITICAPeru· 2025-09-05
