{"id":962833,"date":"2023-01-19T16:44:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T16:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/?p=294856"},"modified":"2023-01-19T16:44:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T16:44:04","slug":"peruvian-movements-organize-caravan-to-lima-to-intensify-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/01\/19\/peruvian-movements-organize-caravan-to-lima-to-intensify-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Peruvian movements organize caravan to Lima to intensify protests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"780\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therealnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/PD-Logo.png?resize=780%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Peoples Dispatch logo\" class=\"wp-image-289490 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therealnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/PD-Logo.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therealnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/PD-Logo.png?resize=300%2C87&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therealnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/PD-Logo.png?resize=768%2C222&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therealnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/PD-Logo.png?resize=400%2C116&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/therealnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/PD-Logo.png?resize=706%2C204&amp;ssl=1 706w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em>This story originally appeared in <a href=\"https:\/\/peoplesdispatch.org\/2023\/01\/17\/peruvian-movements-organize-caravan-to-lima-to-intensify-protests\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Peoples Dispatch<\/a> on Jan. 17, 2023. It is shared here under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA) license.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Thousands of people from Peru\u2019s North, Central, South, and East regions have departed their homes in caravans headed towards the capital, Lima, to intensify protests <a href=\"https:\/\/peoplesdispatch.org\/2022\/12\/08\/coup-in-peru-president-pedro-castillo-overthrown-by-conservative-congress\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">against the coup<\/a> and to call for de facto president Dina Boluarte\u2019s resignation. The delegations composed of peasant, Indigenous, social, and trade union organizations are en route to Lima as part of the second <em>\u2018Marcha de los Cuatro Suyos\u2019 <\/em>or \u2018March from the Four Corners\u2019 to bring the voices of Peru\u2019s marginalized communities to the capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The march was announced on January 10 by Indigenous and peasant leaders and already several groups of protesters have reached the capital. Meanwhile, thousands of members of the Aymara and Quechua Indigenous communities, as well as members of various social organizations and trade unions, departed in caravans from different provinces to Lima on January 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first massive \u2018March from the Four Corners\u2019 was organized in July 2000, against the fraudulent re-election of Alberto Fujimori. In July 2000, thousands of Peruvians traveled to Lima from the four corners of the country and protested for three days demanding Fujimori\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regional presidents of the Single National Union of Urban and Peasant Patrols Movement (Central \u00danica Nacional de Rondas Campesinas \u2013 CUNARC) reported that hundreds of thousands of their members from the long-neglected countryside of Peru, who feel represented by Castillo, were coming to Lima. Many said that they would stay in Lima and\u00a0 continue peaceful demonstrations until Boluarte resigned. The peasant movement has called for nationwide protests for January 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Per%C3%BA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Per\u00fa<\/a> Momentos en que una multitudinaria delegaci\u00f3n de apurime\u00f1os parti\u00f3 a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lima?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lima<\/a> para participar de la <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MarchaDeLos4Suyos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MarchaDeLos4Suyos<\/a><br><br>Exigen el fin del gobierno Boluarte y el Congreso y una nueva Constituci\u00f3n. Sigue nuestra cobertura especial en el Sur del pa\u00eds. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XumCMidspk\">pic.twitter.com\/XumCMidspk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; teleSUR TV (@teleSURtv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/teleSURtv\/status\/1614882164533002240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On January 14, the government of Dina Bolarte announced that it was declaring a state of emergency for 30 days in the departments of Lima, Puno and Cusco, as well as in the Callao, Andahuaylas, Tambopata, Tahuamanu and Mariscal Nieto provinces and the Torata district. These are the areas where massive anti-government protests have been taking place since January 4, following the resumption of an indefinite national strike after the New Year break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state of emergency permits the suspension of certain constitutional rights and has seen an increase in the militarization of the territories which have seen large mobilizations. Several caravans have already been stopped by Peruvian security forces, and some arrests have already been registered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">En el distrito de Humay-provincia de Pisco-datos de Ica, la polic\u00eda <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f46e-200d-2642-fe0f.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc6e\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/> no est\u00e1 dejando pasar a los hermanos ayacuchanos<img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f621.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude21\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f621.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude21\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f621.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude21\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pAW0UqJIZw\">pic.twitter.com\/pAW0UqJIZw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; @louismedran17<img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f1f5-1f1ea.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddea\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/>. (@17medranlouis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/17medranlouis\/status\/1615036243838140416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-the-struggle-continues\"><strong>The struggle continues<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">On Sunday, January 15, on the first day of the 30-day-long state of emergency, Indigenous and peasant communities along with members of various popular movements, social organizations and trade unions hit the streets and blocked over 120 roads and 20 highways in at least 10 regions of Peru. According to reports from local media, Cusco and Puno were the regions with the greatest number of blockades. The Pan-American South, the Pan-American North, the Central highway, the Apur\u00edmac-Cusco-Arequipa Road Corridor, and the South Interoceanic Road Corridor were also among the major highways blocked by protesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The protest actions were organized as a part of ongoing nationwide protests demanding the release of former President Castillo, the immediate resignation of de-facto President Boluarte, the dissolution of the right-wing dominated unicameral Congress, fresh general elections, and the establishment of a Constituent Assembly to change the country\u2019s 1993 Constitution, which was written and imposed under the far-right dictatorship of Alberto Fujimori (July 1990\u2013November 2000).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, in the capital Lima, hundreds of citizens held a massive march from Lince district to Miraflores district to pay homage to the fatal victims of the state repression of anti-coup protests in recent days, condemning the Boluarte government for the unleashing brutal repression and demanding her unconditional resignation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\"><img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f1f5-1f1ea.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddea\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/> 19:20 hrs y as\u00ed se ve Av Arequipa llegando a Lince en Lima, rumbo al Parque Kennedy de Miraflores. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RPPNoticias?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RPPNoticias<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atv_noticias?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@atv_noticias<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/julianaoxenford?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@julianaoxenford<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/noticiAmerica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@noticiAmerica<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LesslyLeyvasoto?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LesslyLeyvasoto<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XcI2Y0slob\">pic.twitter.com\/XcI2Y0slob<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gustavo Barr\u00eda C\u00e1rcamo (@GustavoBC_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GustavoBC_\/status\/1614417815028604934?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to various human rights organizations, in the over a month of protests, at least 50 protesters have died as a result of brutal repression by public security forces. In addition, at least 450 people have been severely injured, hundreds have been arbitrarily arrested, dozens of social leaders have had their homes searched and\/or received death threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\"><img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f6a8.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udea8\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/>URGENTE <br>HOY, amenazaron de muerte y violaron  el domicilio de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RuthBarcena?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RuthBarcena<\/a>  pdta de familiares de masacre d Ayacucho. Dos sujetos de porte militar ingresaron a su vivienda a las 11 am y le dijeron que si no se calla le har\u00edan lo mismo que a su esposo, asesinado en la masacre<img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f9f5.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\uddf5\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZV3fBAuOJm\">pic.twitter.com\/ZV3fBAuOJm<\/a><\/p>&mdash; CNDDHH <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f1f5-1f1ea.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddea\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\" \/> #NiUnMuertoM\u00e1s (@cnddhh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cnddhh\/status\/1614050690644467712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nevertheless, the Boluarte government continued to respond to the demonstrations with violent police and military repression. Incidents of strong repression were registered in various cities on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>\u201cBoluarte sold herself\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The Boluarte government has been widely unpopular since its inauguration. According to a recent survey conducted by the Institute of Peruvian Studies (IEP), <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IEPeruanos\/status\/1614731256867979271?s=20&amp;t=XkwZrVWY68X2MG9Rh5HBlA\">71%<\/a> of Peruvians disapprove of the Boluarte regime. Additionally, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IEPeruanos\/status\/1614649609141342209?s=20&amp;t=XkwZrVWY68X2MG9Rh5HBlA\">88%<\/a> of citizens reject the work of the right-wing opposition majority Congress. Similarly, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IEPeruanos\/status\/1614638551681077256?s=20&amp;t=XkwZrVWY68X2MG9Rh5HBlA\">60%<\/a> of people consider that Castillo should be released, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IEPeruanos\/status\/1614620039503663106?s=20&amp;t=XkwZrVWY68X2MG9Rh5HBlA\">58%<\/a> consider that the security forces have been using excessive force in repressing social protests. Likewise, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IEPeruanos\/status\/1614978149267161089?s=20&amp;t=XkwZrVWY68X2MG9Rh5HBlA\">69%<\/a> are in favor of convening a Constituent Assembly to replace the current Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president of the CUNARC, Santos Saavedra V\u00e1zquez, in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiempoar.com.ar\/mundo\/santos-saavedra-vazquez-de-rondas-campesinas-venciendo-al-miedo-el-pueblo-va-a-resistir-con-todo\/\">interview<\/a> with <em>Tiempo Argentino<\/em>, explained why Dina Boluarte, who also came from a popular sector, had been rejected by the people who elected her alongside Castillo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDina Boluarte was part of the presidential ticket along with President Castillo. They won together. However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/peoplesdispatch.org\/2022\/12\/15\/peruvians-continue-to-resist-as-anti-coup-protests-enter-second-week\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">long coup plan<\/a> of the right did not work. So they needed to destroy him from the inside and some of the actors who were close to the president, win them over and wait for the right moment. And Mrs. Boluarte did it: she sold herself early. She went to the other side clandestinely, of course, and from there the losing party in the elections (Fuerza Popular, led by Keiko Fujimori) offered her all its apparatus of criminalization and the experience of murder and dictatorship that Peru experienced in the 1990s, a plan that they are applying now. She totally sold herself to her adversary, leaving aside her principles, her loyalty to her project, to the very people that made her win. That\u2019s why the people don\u2019t believe her. She does what Parliament tells her, what the press tells her, what this mafia group that we have in the institutions tells her. She has radically crossed over to the other side. The right has always had that habit in our country: they lose the elections but end up governing,\u201d said Saavedra V\u00e1zquez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is worth noting that immediately after taking office, Castillo\u2019s Vice-President, Boluarte, entered into a political alliance with the right-wing to govern and formed a \u201cgovernment of unity\u201d with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saavedra V\u00e1zquez added that with the ongoing protests, Peruvians hope to achieve Boluarte\u2019 resignation, Congress\u2019 closure, and a transitional government that calls for elections this year, not <a href=\"https:\/\/peoplesdispatch.org\/2022\/12\/23\/peruvian-congress-approves-bill-to-advance-general-elections-as-anti-coup-protests-intensify\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">next year<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople, who had been silent, have come to agree with us because the country can no longer bear bloodshed and killings on a whim of the de-facto president and Congress. They are threatening to stay but we don\u2019t know how long they will last because the people will respond with everything. The next few days will be very forceful, overcoming fear and everything that is happening, the people will resist,\u201d said the president of the CUNARC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>One year of Repsol oil spill<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">January 15 also marked one year since the <a href=\"https:\/\/peoplesdispatch.org\/2022\/01\/25\/outrage-in-peru-following-devastating-repsol-oil-spill\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">massive spill of 12,000 barrels of crude oil<\/a> in the Ventanilla sea by Spanish transnational company Repsol, which is considered one of the largest oil environmental disasters in Peru. The devastating oil spill polluted over 1.7 million square meters of soil and 1.2 million square meters of ocean, tarred 21 beaches in four municipalities on Peru\u2019s Pacific coast, and killed a vast variety of marine wildlife, besides incurring huge economic losses to fishing and tourism industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Peruvian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensoria.gob.pe\/defensoria-del-pueblo-a-un-ano-del-desastre-ambiental-en-la-costa-peruana-se-demanda-accion-articulada-y-continua-por-parte-del-estado\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ombudsman\u2019s Office<\/a>, twelve months after the spill, Repsol still has to complete the cleanup of the affected areas and compensate those affected. The Ombudsman\u2019s Office pointed out that in October 2022, when the declaration of environmental emergency expired, the Agency for Environmental Assessment and Enforcement (OEFA) determined that 71 of the 97 sites impacted by the spill continued to be affected by hydrocarbons.\u00a0 Additionally, it noted that more than 10,000 fishermen and others engaged in businesses related to maritime activity, who were directly and indirectly affected by the spill, are waiting for fair compensation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Hace 1 a\u00f1o despertamos con un desastre ecol\u00f3gico,producto del derrame de petr\u00f3leo. Repsol no tom\u00f3 suficientes acciones y minimiz\u00f3 la magnitud. Hasta el d\u00eda de hoy, familias afectadas, pescadores, comerciantes, y otros siguen exigiendo justicia y remediaci\u00f3n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RepsolHazteCargo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RepsolHazteCargo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4wUOSmXl3t\">pic.twitter.com\/4wUOSmXl3t<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ruth Luque (@RuthLuqueIbarra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RuthLuqueIbarra\/status\/1614666737001156611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/peruvian-movements-organize-caravan-to-lima-to-intensify-protests\">The Real News Network<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indigenous and peasant leaders have called for a \u2018March from the Four Corners\u2019 to Lima to intensify ongoing protests against the coup and the de facto government of Dina Boluarte.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5411,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1775,5582,55805],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962833"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5411"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=962833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":962834,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962833\/revisions\/962834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=962833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=962833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=962833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}