Peruvian sportscaster's racist comments trigger outrage across 2 countries

Phillip Butters called the Afro-Ecuadorian players monkey and a gorilla

Statements made by a sportscaster have sparked controversy and revived a debate over racial discrimination in Peru.

On June 14, while discussing the pending football match between Peru and Ecuador for the 2018 World Cup qualification, Phillip Butters, the host of a TV program called “ComButters”, referred first to the Afro-Ecuadorian players, and then centered specifically on one of them, Caicedo, calling him a monkey and a gorilla.

His comments, shown in the video below, drew an immediate reaction from the Afro-Peruvian community, followed by a series of statements from the Peruvian government and the