Crisis in Peru: Castillo protesters again clashed with police

On a day marked by checkpoints, especially in the south of the country, a small group of demonstrators defending the former president of the Peru, Peter Castillothey protested in the central streets of Lima and staged a violent confrontation with the police before reaching Congress, where they try to bring their proclamations of resignation of the new president Dina Bolarte and the dissolution of Parliament.

Of third consecutive day they protest and they are encouraged with the hope of the arrival of more demonstrators from within who have not shown up in Lima so far e Now they are waiting for you on Monday.

They had claimed that the World Cup in Qatar would not cover their protest and waited for the end of the penalties between Argentina and the Netherlands to gather in the Plaza San Martín and from there march towards the Congress.

A few minutes before 18:00 and while an evangelical preacher spoke to 20 people and was given five free plastic stools, the most radical group in support of Castillo distributed bottles of water and vinegar to alleviate the effects of the tear gas they were already calculating to receive .

After a few small fights with the police, who didn’t want to let them march along Avenida Nicolás de Piérola, they advanced with chants against the new president, calling for a national strike.

“I am here because as a Peruvian and as a collaborator of the state I am against Congress and the new president and for this I want there to be new elections. You will be a puppet of whoever led the government for many years”, he said clarion José Alberto Villacorta Rodríguez, one of the protesters inside.

He hopes that more people will come from the provinces to fatten the demonstrations. “Trucks are arriving from Arequipa, people from the city, from the countryside who feel a need that the rest of the country doesn’t understand”, she encourages herself.

This Friday there were not only protests in Lima. According to Peruvian media reports, there have been demonstrations at the obelisk of Plaza 28 de Julio, in Iquitos, in Amazonian Peru. Also in Jaen, about 1000 kilometers north of Lima; in Cusco, where they even burned boxes with the name of the new president.

Already on Thursday night there was also a conflict about 1,000 kilometers south of the capital. In Arequipa, several cars were blocked in both directions of the Panamericana Sur and the transport companies suspended the sale of tickets for the regions of Moquegua, Tacna, and for Ica, Lima.

The Superintendency for Land Transport of People, Goods and Goods (Sutran), the supervisory body for land transport services, has in fact urged companies, drivers and passengers to take precautions against the interruption of roads in the south of the country through a disclaimer.

Second day with accidents in the center of Lima

The day after Pedro Castillo’s self-coup attempt and his ousting as president of Peru, a thousand demonstrators rallied in support of the now ex-president. They demanded his release and the dissolution of Parliament. At the end of the act there were clashes with the police, who arrested three people.

Tension was growing in the concentration in Plaza San Martín, in downtown Lima, where the militants of the Peruvian left referent had arrived. What began as a show of defense of Castillo, with preparations for a march this Friday, has culminated in bullfights, clashes and tear gas.

Lima (special envoy)