Peru’s newest president, Dina Boluarte, gives in to protesters’ demands, announcing that she will send Congress a proposal to move up elections.
The protests rocking Peru heated up particularly in rural areas, strongholds for Castillo, a former schoolteacher and political newcomer from a poor Andean mountain district. Protesters set fire to a police station, vandalized a small airport used by the armed forces, and marched in the streets.
Taipe charged that authorities were using heavy-handed repressive tactics in quelling demonstrations. But it remains unclear how the boy was fatally injured, and state media reported a second death in the same community without giving details. Boluarte, in her address to the nation, declared a state of emergency in areas outside Lima where protests have been particularly violent.Ernesto Benavides / AFP - Getty Images
Scattered protests around the country have continued for days. Protesters have also setup roadblocks, leaving people stranded for hours. “The life of no Peruvian deserves to be sacrificed for political interests,” Boluarte tweeted hours before her address to the nation. “I express my condolences for the death of a citizen in Andahuaylas. I reiterate my call for dialogue and to put an end to violence.”
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