LIMA – Peru faces this Tuesday a “great national march” of protest once morest the government of President Dina Boluarte, whose resignation has been demanded by social, peasant, union and political organizations since last December.
The call will have its concentration point in Lima in the central Plaza Dos de Mayo, where the headquarters of the General Confederation of Workers of Peru (CGTP), the main Peruvian union, are located.
The demonstration will take place five days following the “La toma de Lima” march, which brought together thousands of protesters in the Peruvian capital from various regions of the country, where anti-government protests have been held since December.
This protest led to fierce clashes between demonstrators and National Police agents and, in the midst of it, a large fire broke out, for reasons that are still being investigated, which destroyed a building in the vicinity of Plaza San Martín, in a area considered historical heritage of humanity.
The demonstrators demand the resignation of Boluarte and the closure of Congress, as well as the calling of general elections for this year and a constituent assembly.
As in recent days, the protests continued this Monday in Lima, where the delegations that arrived last week from different regions toured the streets of the center together with members of social and political organizations and unions.
At the national level, blockades, marches and clashes continued in other regions of the country, while in some areas shortages of goods began to be reported due to roadblocks that have lasted for more than two weeks.
The Superintendency of Land Transportation of People, Cargo and Goods (Sutran) reported that a dozen regions of the country are affected by at least 74 points of interrupted highways, which include 18 national roads.
The president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, accused the protesters of wanting to “break the rule of law” and generate “chaos and disorder” to “take power of the nation.”
Since they began last December, the mobilizations have claimed the lives of more than 60 people, 46 of them in clashes with the forces of order, while a police officer died following being burned alive by protesters.
To these victims are added nine deaths in events related to the strikes, according to data from the Ombudsman’s Office, and one more death in the northern region of La Libertad, confirmed by the Police.
Likewise, UNHCR reported the death of four Haitians who might not receive medical assistance due to roadblocks and Unicef that of an unborn baby, whose mother, who was 7 months pregnant, did not arrive on time at a hospital.
