The Peruvian judiciary has extended the detention of deposed President Pedro Castillo to 18 months.

Castillo, who tried to dissolve Congress last week and was impeached and arrested after the attempted coup d'état, faces charges of rebellion and conspiracy.

A panel of the Supreme Court justified the verdict with the risk of absconding.

Castillo denies all allegations and continues to see himself as the country's rightful president.

Tjerk Bruhwiller

Correspondent for Latin America based in São Paulo.

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Castillo receives support from Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia and Mexico.

The leftist governments of these countries have issued a joint statement calling Castillo a "victim of undemocratic harassment."

Peru's new foreign minister, Ana Cecilia Gervasi, responded on Thursday by summoning the countries' ambassadors to the foreign ministry for consultations.

She called the statement "interference in Peru's internal affairs."

state of emergency across the country

Castillo also receives support from Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua.

The left government of Chile did not sign the declaration.

Brazil's President-elect Lula da Silva also distanced himself from Castillo.

Chile, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Canada and the United States have already recognized Peru's new government.

Peru's new president, former Vice President Dina Boluarte, spoke of an interim government.

Castillo supporters continue to protest.

At least 15 people have already died.

Demonstrators continue to block roads.

The government has declared a state of emergency across the country and a curfew in 15 regions.

The roadblocks are making it difficult to supply cities and operate several key copper mines in the country, the world's second largest producer of the metal.

Tourism is also affected.

According to local reports, dozens of tourists are stranded in a remote mountain village.

Behind the protests are left-wing parties and movements, which are also using the power vacuum to push through their demands for a new constitution.

Above all, they are heard by the population in the Andean region, which has long felt neglected and sees Castillo as a victim of the "white elite".

Leftist Castillo, a farmer's son and former teacher and trade unionist from the Andean region, won a surprise victory for the Marxist party Peru Libre in last year's elections.