At least one person died, this Sunday (11), during protests against the new government of Peru. Since Wednesday (7), thousands of Peruvians have taken to the streets to demonstrate against the arrest of the now ex-president of the country, Pedro Castillo, detained after failing in an attempted coup d’état.
“We regret the death of a person and send our condolences to the family for this fact”, highlights the police statement. According to the Ombudsman’s Office, the fatal victim was a teenager who participated in the demonstrations.
This Sunday, according to the AFP news agency, demonstrations increased considerably in the interior of the country. Along the same lines, militants called for a national strike demanding the resignation of the president, Dina Boluarte, and the calling of new elections. Mobilizations grew in cities in the north and south of the Andes.
Thousands of people gathered in Cajamarca, Arequipa, Tacna, Andahuaylas, Huancayo, Cusco and Puno, according to images transmitted by local TV stations. In Andahuaylas, where protests left 16 civilians and four police officers injured on Saturday, clashes between protesters and police have resumed.
Agrarian unions and peasant and indigenous organizations announced an indefinite strike starting next Tuesday (13). Like the vast majority of other demonstrators, they are calling for the closure of Congress –the protagonist of the country’s current political crisis–, early elections, a new Constitution and Castillo’s “immediate release”.
In Lima, the leftist Peru Livre party organized a demonstration this Sunday afternoon in San Martín Square, the epicenter of political demonstrations in Peru. Since the 2021 elections, Castillo’s support in the Peruvian capital has been scarce, a movement contrary to that seen in Andean regions.
Congress, dominated by the right, announced that it would meet later this Sunday to analyze the situation.
“Until now, the president has not been clear about the big question: are we in a transitional government or are we facing an authority that intends to stay until 2026?” political analyst Giovanna Peñaflor told AFP.
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