The high-profile Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima has thrust one of the world’s least popular presidents into the limelight. It’s not just that Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has never before rolled out the red carpet for powerful leaders like U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Hundreds of Peru vians protested on the streets of downtown Lima on Wednesday against the government and its failure to tackle rising crime as world leaders arrived in the Andean country for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum. Peru vians protested on the streets of Lima on Thursday against the country’s government as world leaders arrived in the Andean country for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum.
Powerful lawmakers satisfied with their lavish salaries have resisted calls to impeach her but quietly absorbed most of her duties, leaving Boluarte with little to do. After a string of killings targeting bus drivers who failed to pay extortion money last month sent a chill through Lima, public transport drivers launched several strikes that paralyzed the city of 10 million. The government has declared a state of emergency and promised a strong response, but the persistence of violent attacks has sharpened anger against Boluarte.
“The event is certainly important for Peru, but the government is so scared of losing control of the streets that it’s overreacting, putting inappropriate measures in place,” said Eduardo Dargent, a political scientist at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.“It would be very regrettable if, in the days that we receive visitors from the world’s 21 most powerful economies, we show a bad spectacle, a spectacle of conflict,” Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzen said in a recent press conference.
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