Fresh violence breaks out in southern region, as Boluarte says she cannot agree to key demands of protesters
In a televised address late on Monday, Peru’s prime minister, Alberto Otárola, defended the security forces’ response, saying: “We will not cease in our defence of the rule of the law.” Flanked by ministers, he claimed violent groups financed by “foreign interests and the dark money of drug trafficking” were trying to “destroy the country”.
Speaking at a “national agreement” meeting earlier on Monday with representatives from the country’s regions, Boluarte said she could not grant some of the protesters’ key demands and accused them of not understanding what they were asking for. “What you are asking for is a pretext to continue generating chaos,” she said.
Defence minister Jorge Luis Chavez said 75 police were among the injured. He said they had come under attack from firearms and explosives during a five-day assault in Juliaca near Peru’s southern border with Bolivia. But calls for Boluarte’s resignation continue as Otárola and his cabinet faced a vote of confidence in congress later on Tuesday.Javier Torres, editor of a regional news outlet Noticias Ser. “It is urgent to bring forward the elections as soon as possible and the resignation of Dina Boluarte!”
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