The pronouncement of the OAS, in a session of its permanent council in which he participated boluarte, It comes after protests in Peru left dozens dead and multimillion-dollar losses following the impeachment and arrest of former leftist president Pedro Castillo in December.
Anthony Phillips SpencerPresident of the Permanent Council of the OAS and Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago, expressed the “total support” of the body’s advice to his government to preserve democracy by appealing to dialogue with the different actors in the conflict.
Castillo, a leftist leader who tried to illegally dissolve Congress, is now in jail on charges of “rebellion.”
The shortage of some basic products, as well as the increase in the price of fuel and food in the southern Andean provinces, the epicenter of the demonstrations for the resignation of Boluarte, begin to appear when there is still no sign of a solution to the crisis in Peru.
The mobilizations have so far left 46 dead, including a policeman, after six weeks of political and social crisis marked by roadblocks and protests in different parts of the country.
A new day of protests is expected this Wednesday, after Lima was the scene of a pitched battle between police and protesters on Tuesday, the most violent since the start of this crisis in December, while the shortage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) , the main fuel for vehicles and domestic use in Peru, was felt in Cusco, Arequipa, Tacna and Puno.
Extension of the curfew in Puno
The Peruvian government extended for 10 days the validity of the curfew in southern Punoone of the nerve centers of the protests, after a new day of demonstrations that left several injured in Lima, as far as marches from all over the country arrived, at a time when the country begins to feel the shortage of some basic products due to the locks.
The decree, published last night in an extraordinary edition of the Legal Norms bulletin of the Official Gazette, specifies that during the “compulsory social immobilization” people can circulate on roads for public use for the acquisition, production and supply of food, which includes its storage and distribution for sale.
Yesterday, when Lima experienced its most violent day of protest, with several injured by pellets and stones, the social upheaval forced a new closure of the Cusco airport, the epicenter of tourism in Peru.
In the center of the capital there were registered clashes and strong repression against hooded demonstratorsand the historic center became a battlefield where tear gas bombs were flown.
Two international media photographers, one of them from Agence France-Presse, were hit by pellets and stones on one of their legs while they were covering the demonstration that was called by peasants and university students.
Production Minister resigned
The Minister of Production of Peru, Sandra Belaúnde announced today her resignation from the government of President Dina Boluartewith whom he had strong recent crosses, after just two months in office, reported the local newspaper La República.
Belaúnde had assumed his position on December 10 after Boluarte’s inauguration as president, and he only remained in office for a little over two months.
According to the Lima newspaper, which cites sources close to the resigning, Belaúnde was already evaluating the option of leaving office.
Belaúnde reproached the government for refusing to address the real underlying problems that triggered the popular revolt that has already left more than fifty dead and that seeks the removal of Boluarte and early elections.
In addition to Belaúnde, two other ministers in charge of the Labor and Women’s portfolios left the government this month.
Source: Ambito
