The protests in Peru against President Dina Boluarte, successor to the dismissed Pedro Castillo, were reactivated this Wednesday, after an interruption due to the end of the year holidays, with roadblocks and demonstrations in various regions.
The government anticipated last week the resumption from this January 4 of the mobilizations that demand the resignation of Boluarte, the closure of Congress and the immediate call for elections.
The demonstrations are taking place in regions where the ousted Castillo, a left-wing rural teacher, has broad support.
“There are ten blockade points, especially in Puno,” (southeast), the head of the cabinet of ministers, Alberto Otárola, told reporters early after the installation in Lima of a crisis monitoring and control center.
Later, the Ombudsman’s Office reported mobilizations, strikes, and blockades in 30 of the country’s 195 provinces.
In Puno, residents burned a toll booth.
In Arequipa (south), the police unblocked a route using tear gas to disperse dozens of people. There was a confrontation between protesters and law enforcement in the vicinity of the city’s airport, the Ombudsman said.
In the center of Lima, the police used tear gas to disperse dozens of citizens who were trying to reach Congress after mobilizing in Plaza 2 de Mayo.
The protesters also closed routes with stones and burning tires in the regions of Junín (center), Cusco and Apurímac (southeast).
In Puerto Maldonado, Amazon region of Madre de Dios (southeast), protesters blocked a section of the Interoceanic highway, which connects Peru and Brazil.
“The airports are working normally,” Otárola said. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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