Hundreds of protesters gathered in the Peruvian capital of Lima, demonstrating against police impunity after 3 people were killed in a single day of farmers blockading the Panamerican highway. Organizers demanded charges for the killers and justice for the families of the murdered farmers at the agricultural strike.
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Peruvian farmers and industrial workers clashed with police at the last standing blockade in Panamericana Sur, at Ica Province. Many blockaders were hit with rubber bullets and crowds with tear gas, fighting back by throwing stones and injuring several soldiers and police officers. After reinforcements arrived to aid the outnumbered government forces, however, the last blockade would fall, with organizers […]
As thousands continued to hold the line across Peru during the agro-industrial Panamerican Highway blockade for better wages and working conditions, police attacked strikers and farmers at the Virú and Ica province blockades, tear-gassing the crowds with helicopters and tanks, also affecting many civilians with respiratory problems. 26 protesters were injured in the Chao district blockade of Virú province, where […]
Thousands of Peruvian farmers returned to blockade the Panamerican highway, the most important transport of goods and trade across the country. Agricultural workers made the decision to renew the protest following the failure of Congress to reach an agreement to reform the sector and address concerns over insufficient pay.
Thousands of protesters returned to Ica in celebration of the removal of the Chlimper law, an anti-labor and deregulating law passed in October 2000. Sporadic blockades continued for higher wages, but after clashes with police, the majority of striking workers and occupiers went home, as their main demand had been met by the government.
Miners joined in on the agricultural strike and blockade of the Panamerican highway, taking several key points and reinforcing the numbers of the strikers. Hundreds of union members from the Doe Run metallurgical plant located in La Oroya blockaded the highway critical to the supply of food to the capital Lima, demanding the government turn over management of the mining […]
Protesters continued the Panamerican blockade for a 5th day, with clashes escalating and later ending in the murder of an indigenous youth by police in Ica. Interim President Francisco Sagasti, inaugurated November 15th, condemned the killing and called it a tragedy, but did not dole out a punishment for those responsible as farmers continued to hold their ground. Protesters continued […]
Blockades of the Panamerican highway in Peru by farmers continued amid fears of a government crackdown as police began to march from Chincha to Ica, the center of the strikes against pro-business laws and deregulation of the agro-exporting business.
Thousands of farmers continued to gather at Ica, burning barricades in the Panamerican highway and effectively shutting down most travel in Peru. The cities of Parcona, San José de Los Molinos District, Santiago, Tate, and Pachacútec all had their access roads blocked, and Lima remained shut off from the rest of the country. Workers from the province of Pisco also went on strike, joining the Panamerican blockade in Ica.
Thousands of Peruvian farmers and farm workers went on strike for better wages and blockaded the Panamerican Highway, a key trading road. They state that salaries for farmers in Peru are unsurvivable and that the state must do more to help, with strikers marching from Ica.
Protesters in Peru have been hit by shocking brutality from government forces, with helicopters filmed throwing tear gas from above. Tear gas and live bullets have been deployed all over the Lima district, with over 3 protesters registered dead. #PeruvianLivesMatter began trending on Twitter, accumulating more than 700,000 tweets. Many do not anticipate any positive developments happening in the protests.
A wave of websites was taken down by several Anonymous groups as a part of the new #OpPeru against the Merino government, considered by many to be a coup. Several ministry websites were taken down, as well as those of the police, army, and Congress.
Protesters in Peru turned out to protest in La Molina and Los Olivos, marching in the hundreds against the Merino administration that ousted Vizcarra. Demonstrators in Lima also turned out in the thousands in front of Parliament to denounce what is seen as a coup, clashing with police, with dozens if not hundreds of injuries occurring.
On the 3rd day of demonstrations in Peru, government forces attacked protesters and press alike, injuring at least 26 members of the press and killing an untold number of protesters, with at least 1 confirmed death. Tens of thousands had gathered in Plaza San Martín, the center of the capital of the country in front of Parliament to denounce the removal of President Vizcarra. Undercover policemen were also spotted and exposed in Lima.
Protesters across Peru have continued to take to the streets across the country for a second day, with demonstrations and marches concentrated in Lima and Miraflores. Demonstrators call for the resignation of interim-President Merino and the re-institution of former President Vizcarra.