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PeruOne dead and one injured in clashes on the sidelines of a demonstration
The death toll from the protests once morest the Peruvian president rose to 43 on Wednesday, following new clashes in the south of the country.
Law enforcement mobilized during a demonstration in Lima on January 17, 2023.
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At least one person has died in clashes between protesters and police in Macusani, an Andean town in southern Peru near the Bolivian border, San Martin de Porres Hospital in Macusani said in a statement on Wednesday.
“At 6:20 p.m. (12:20 a.m. in Switzerland), a female person of around 35 years of age, who did not have vital signs, arrived at the emergency room,” according to the hospital. This death brings to 43 the number of deaths since the beginning of the crisis on December 7.
The press release also speaks of a “prognosis (vital) reserved” for a “30-year-old” man injured in the “thorax”.
This death comes as thousands of Andean peasants have converged in recent days on Lima to take part in a large rally on Thursday. According to local media, the city police station was burnt down during the clashes.
“treacherous”
Peru is rocked by unrest that erupted following the December 7 dismissal and arrest of left-wing President Pedro Castillo, accused of attempting to carry out a coup in an effort to dissolve the parliament that was regarding to overthrow him. run out of power.
The demonstrators, who come mainly from the Andean regions of the south, demand the resignation of the new president Dina Boluarte, the dissolution of Parliament, a Constituent Assembly and elections.
Dina Boluarte, who was Pedro Castillo’s vice-president and is of Andean descent, succeeded him in accordance with the Constitution. She comes from the same party as him but the demonstrators see her as a “traitor”.
In order to curb the protest movement, the government declared a state of emergency for 30 days on Sunday in Lima, Cuzco, Callao and precisely Puno, one of the most affected regions.
The state of emergency allows the army to intervene to maintain order and also suspends freedom of assembly and movement. The Government had already declared a state of emergency throughout the territory in December for 30 days.
(AFP)