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Tag: Dina Boluarte

  • Monday, February 6th 2023 - 10:12 UTC

    State of emergency spread to other Peruvian departments

    Boluarte's decree also extended a curfew between 8 pm and 4 am already in force in Puno to the other departments involved

    At least 26 people were arrested, including an underaged suspect, late Saturday in Lima amid new demonstrations against the government of President Dina Boluarte, it was reported. Five people -4 protesters and 1 police officer- also needed to be hospitalized due to the injuries sustained during the street clashes in which law enforcement used pellets and teargas. Several journalists have denounced having been beaten by the Police trying to control peasant unions, private organizations, and student groups.

  • Thursday, February 2nd 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Peru's Congress once again votes against advancing elections

    Had the bill been passed, the new authorities would take office in May 2024

    Peru's Congress refused once again Wednesday to bring forward the elections to 2023 as requested by President Dina Boluarte who was acquiescing to the demands of the numerous demonstrators that flocked the streets and roads since the Dec. 7 impeachment of Pedro Castillo Terrones.

  • Tuesday, January 31st 2023 - 10:15 UTC

    Peru's Congress agrees to reconsider moving elections forward

    The motion to reconsider was approved, Williams announced

    Peru's one-house Congress Monday approved by 66 votes in favor, 49 against, and 6 abstentions to reconsider a previous decision on not moving forward the elections to sometime this year. Lawmakers are now to decide on a possible date.

  • Saturday, January 28th 2023 - 10:17 UTC

    Peru: Boluarte favors moving elections forward, perhaps this year

    “I'm here because I took on a responsibility and will be here until Congress sets a date. That's why I ask: Come to an agreement,” Boluarte stressed

    Peruvian President Dina Boluarte said Friday that she did not oppose bringing forward the elections, which is one of the demands of the demonstrators that have marched all across the country since the impeachment of former President Pedro Castillo Terrones on Dec. 7.

  • Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 10:58 UTC

    Peru: Boluarte asks for multinational endorsement to early elections

    “The stability of the country is at stake,” Boluarte told the OAS

    Peruvian President Dina Boluarte Wednesday asked the international community to endorse the holding of early elections in Peru, which she had already entrusted Congress with devising. She also said every possible solution should be within constitutional boundaries.

  • Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 07:53 UTC

    Some 200 Peruvian protesters arrested for occupying university campus

    PNP troops evicted the demonstrators from the university campus

    Peruvian authorities have arrested some 200 demonstrators during the weekend after the March of the Four Suyos (Inca empire provinces) advanced on Lima -the so-called “Lima Takeover”- demanding President Dina Boluarte's resignation, in addition to fresh elections and a constituent assembly.

  • Friday, January 20th 2023 - 09:57 UTC

    More protesters killed during Lima Takeover

    Boluarte insisted the protesters want to take over the country through violence

    The number of people killed after President Dina Boluarte took office early last month following the impeachment of Pedro Castillo Terrones, who had tried to dissolve Congress and ruled by decree, has reached 54 Thursday as demonstrators staged the so-called Lima Takeover in the Peruvian capital and clashes with law enforcement officers were reported in other parts of the violence-torn South American country.

  • Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 19:43 UTC

    Peruvian authorities up security measures as protesters march through Lima

    The situation in the country is so unstable that the state-run Peruvian Sports Institute decided to postpone the beginning of the local football tournament

    Over 11,000 law enforcement officers were deployed Thursday across Peru's capital and the nearby port of Callao as anti-government demonstrators were getting ready to stage the so-called Lima Takeover.

  • Tuesday, January 17th 2023 - 19:17 UTC

    Religious leaders to pray for Peru's future

    Father Luis Humberto went viral last month for celebrating Argentina winning the football World Cup during mass. (Pic Facebook)

    Peruvian President Dina Boluarte met Monday with religious leaders of various faiths to promote dialogue amid mounting tension as protesters are preparing to stage a mass rally this week in Lima demanding her resignation, in addition to other measures.

  • Monday, January 16th 2023 - 10:12 UTC

    Peruvian demonstrators undeterred by gov't measures

    A mass was celebrated in Spanish and Quechua on Sunday by Archbishop Carlos Castillo to mourn the protesters killed in clashes with security forces

    Demonstrators gathered Sunday in Lima to express their rejection of President Dina Boluarte's staying in office barely over a month after taking over from the deposed Pedro Castillo Terrones who is held in pre-trial detention.