A new day of protests takes place this Friday in the center of Lima. Around 6:00 p.m., the Peruvian media that were broadcasting the day began to record the first clashes.
In a Latina Noticias broadcast, it was observed how a group of protesters threw stones at the police forces, while the police responded with tear gas. The confrontation takes place on Abancay avenue, in the direction of Congress.
Peru lives days of protests to demand the resignation of Dina Boluarte and the closure of the Legislative.
Hours before, there were clashes in the northern and southern regions of the country, which has already recorded 45 deaths since the start of the protest last December.
The clashes on Friday were concentrated in the La Libertad (north) and Arequipa (south) regions, with roadblocks and pitched battles between the protesters, who threw stones with slingshots, and the police, who repelled with tear gas.
In Arequipa, Peru’s second city, dozens of residents tried for the second consecutive day to invade the airport’s runway, closed and guarded by law enforcement since Thursday.
The riots have claimed 45 lives -44 civilians and one police officer- since December 7, after the dismissal and arrest of the left-wing president of indigenous origin Pedro Castillo, accused of having attempted a coup by wanting to dissolve Congress – controlled by the right – that was about to remove him from power for alleged corruption.
He was replaced by Boluarte, who served as vice president, but is seen as a “traitor” by the protesters. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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