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Peruvian police/military chant slogans against "terrorists" during an operation to clear a road blockaded by protesters. Locals chant back "we're not terrorists"
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Policía y militares ingresaron a la #CarreteraCentral en la #Oroya arengando canciones antiterroristas a desbloquear la vía tomada por los pobladores de #Huancavelica, desde hace tres días.
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Peru is no longer considered a democracy by The Economist, and is now in the same tier as Bolivia and Paraguay. While Peru maintains an investment grade and a resilient economy, the deterioration of its democratic institutions is higher than among its peers
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The long decline of global democracy stalled in 2022, according to the latest edition of the Democracy Index from @TheEIU econ.st/3l3cLxb
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Not sure which is more astounding: That Peru's president is making serious and repeated claims that criminal orgs are backing protests without any evidence — or that her foreign minister is willing to admit it to the NYT.
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"No tenemos ninguna evidencia."
En una entrevista con , la canciller peruana reconoce que no hay pruebas de respaldo de grupos criminales en las protestas.
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How many times have we heard Boluarte blame criminal and radical groups for protests?
According to her foreign minister, it's a claim based on belief, not evidence 🤷♀️
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But in an interview with The New York Times, Peruvian Foreign Minister Ana Cecilia Gervasi said that the government had no proof to support those allegations. Investigators were looking for it, she said.
“I am sure that we will have that evidence very soon,” Ms. Gervasi said.
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Days ago, Boluarte accused crimin'ls of driving protests.“This is not a peaceful protest.This is a violent act'n generated by a group of radical people who have a political and economic agenda...and this economic agenda is based on drug trafficking, illegal mining & smuggling.”
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🧵 Scoop. A central strategy of Peru’s new, increasingly hard-line president, Dina Boluarte, has been to claim that Peru's violent demonstrators are organized by criminal grps.
A key Boluarte minister tells us that they have no evidence to back this up.
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NEW: In a stark admission to the NYT, Peru’s foreign minister contradicts the country's president abt the origin of deadly protests shaking the nation — saying in an interview that “we don’t have any evidence” that protesters are driven by criminal grps.
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Encuesta de :
-El 74% cree que Dina Boluarte debe renunciar.
-El 71% desaprueba a Alberto Otárola.
-El 76% desaprueba a José Williams.
-El 89% desaprueba al Congreso.
-El 73% pide elecciones para este año.
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“In an extraordinary show of force, police used a tank to tear down a university gate, then lined up Indigenous protesters & students face down on concrete. Nearly 200 people were detained, all but 1 were released due to a lack of evidence of wrongdoing.”
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“In an extraordinary show of force, police used a tank to tear down a university gate, then lined up Indigenous protesters & students face down on concrete. Nearly 200 people were detained, all but 1 were released due to a lack of evidence of wrongdoing.”
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Guatemala Targets Colombia’s Defense Minister in Crackdown on Anticorruption Forces
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Venezuela's bolivar depreciates to 20 per dollar as prices rise. "The monthly minimum wage in Venezuela is now equivalent to $6.50 USD."
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Must listen who joined refugees & migrants making the perilous journey across the Darien Gap to find safety and a future.
I was recently at Panama reception centres, where UNHCR & partners have seen hundreds of thousands arrive.
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The night so far in #Peru, according to Dina Boluarte's government: 1 person dead, 22 police officers injured, 16 civilians injured, attempts to occupy 3 airports blocked, one fire at Plaza San Martín. Int minister says it's "totalmente falso" that the fire was caused by police.
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"A los que están marchando diariamente ¿Quién los financia? En sus protestas no hay ninguna agenda social que el país necesita. Ustedes quieren quebrar el Estado de derecho”. Con esto cerró su mensaje la presidenta Dina Boluarte.
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Peru's president begins her address to the nation by thanking the national police for their "immaculate" work in Lima. Quite the choice of words when there are more than 50 civilians dead. fb.watch/i9JbE3BmPM/
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Peruvian president Dina Boluarte will speak in 30 mins.
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A las 21:00 horas, la presidenta de la república, @DinaErcilia Boluarte, ofrecerá, junto a ministros de Estado, un pronunciamiento sobre la situación del país.
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Fire at Lima’s Plaza San Martín.
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Si estás cerca del #incendio registrado a inmediaciones de la Plaza San Martín:
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y hermanos bomberos 
Tú #RT puede ayudar mucho.
Aléjate del área incendiada
Por favor, ayúdanos siguiendo las indicaciones de nuestros efectivos y hermanos bomberos
Tú #RT puede ayudar mucho.
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US ambassador to Peru releases new statement calling on Peruvian security forces to “respect human rights” amid demonstrations in Lima.
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#Arequipa Lamentamos el fallecimiento de una persona durante enfrentamientos en el puente Añashuayco, vía que se ubica en el norte de la ciudad. Solicitamos a la una investigación célere de los hechos, a fin de determinar responsabilidades. (1/2)
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Peru's defensoría said at noon today that protests are taking place in 27 percent of the country's provinces. defensoria.gob.pe/wp-content/upl
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#Peru protests: There have now been 53 deaths amid protests in Peru, 52 of them civilians. Protesters are in Lima now, and are on the ground. We'll be following tonight.
If you're just tuning in, here's what's going on.
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"Weeks after the ouster of a leftist president, persistent protests and a mounting death toll have exacerbated widespread disillusionment with the country’s young democracy." From Peru for -
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Peru’s ombudsman’s office calls on Peruvian authorities to allow for free transit after allegations that protesters are being stopped on the route into Lima. At this point both demonstrators and the government are accused of violating this right.
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Reiteramos a las autoridades públicas que deben garantizar el libre tránsito a nivel nacional. Prácticas que tengan por objetivo obstaculizar o limitar el desplazamiento de personas hacia la ciudad de #Lima se encuentran fuera del marco legal. #LasPersonasPrimero (1/3)
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Int’l orgs calling for USA to reject “disproportionate and excessive use of force against protesters” and “arbitrary detentions” in Peru.
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Finally, the moments before the burial of Brayan Apaza, 15, killed amid a protest last week in Juliaca, where police opened fire on demonstrators. “Dina!” his mother shouted, addressing the president. I am ready to die for my son! I am going to fight, I want justice!”
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Here, the mother and little brother of Brayan Apaza, 15, killed amid a protest last week in Juliaca, where police opened fire on demonstrators.
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In Peru, protesters say the country's young democracy has failed to address a yawning gap between rich and poor, between Lima and rural areas.
Here, the funeral of Brayan Apaza, 15, killed amid a protest last week in Juliaca, where police opened fire on demonstrators.
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Dozens of people were injured in the confrontation in Juliaca, Peru w police last wk, and the city hospital is full of people recovering from the bullet wounds. None of the ppl we spoke w had received their medical reports, tho access to this info is a right under Peruvian law.
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A heavy-handed police and military response has exacerbated anger. 19 people died as a result of a single incident in Juliaca last wk, after police opened fire on protesters they said were armed with makeshift weapons. Here, an xray of the body of Saúl Soncco, shot in the back.
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At first, demonstrators sought the reinstatement of Pres. Castillo or new elections as fast as possible. Now, they want something much bigger: a new constitution and even, as one sign put it, “to refound a new nation.” Here are police responding at a roadblock outside Juliaca.
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Rather than fade, protests in rural Peru that began more than a month ago over the ouster of the former president have only grown in size and in the scope of demonstrators’ demands. This is from a roadblock we passed last week outside of Juliaca, in southern Peru.
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Autopsies of protesters killed in December protests in Ayacucho, #Peru make plain that security forces were shooting to kill, aiming at vital organs. This illustrates the danger of using combat-trained military personnel for sensitive crowd control tasks.
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🧵Once again, we traveled across Peru to document ongoing protest.
The unrest is now far broader than anger over who runs the country. Instead, it represents a profound frustration with Peru’s young democracy. W.
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¿Por qué persisten las protestas en Perú?
Lejos de Lima, 19 muertos tras en un encuentro entre policías y manifestantes. Ni un solo arresto realizado.
Esta protesta es ahora un referéndum sobre la democracia peruana. C.
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Why do Peru's protests persist?
Far from Lima, 19 are dead after police clashed w protesters. Not a single arrest made.
Meantime, a new law removes a requirement that officers act proportionally.
This protest is now a referendum on Peru's democracy.
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