“I will not resign. My commitment is with Peru.” said Peruvian President Dina Boluarte. theSun theSundaily crisis protests politics Peru
Demonstrators hold a blockade in the Pan-American highway at La Joya to demand the resignation of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte in Arequipa, Peru on January 12, 2023. AFPPIX: Peruvian President Dina Boluarte insisted Friday she will not step down, after another day of protests and roadblocks throughout the country saw calls for her resignation and the arrest of a trade union leader with supposed links to Maoist rebels.
“I cannot stop reiterating my regret for the deaths of Peruvians in these protests,“ she said. “I apologize for this situation.” Protests and roadblocks have been registered in the capital Lima, and several southern and Andean regions.A protest in the border city of Tacna, 1,200 kilometers southeast of Lima, led neighbor Chile to temporarily close the crossing between the two countries.
Several regional governors and professional associations, including lawyers and teachers, joined the calls for Boluarte to resign.
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