Peru: protesters demand the resignation of President Boluarte, trying to approach Parliament

1. Peruvians took to the streets again on Wednesday, blocking roads countrywide to demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, who took over from her ousted predecessor in December.

Protesters used stones and burning tires to barricade main routes in the southern regions of Puno, Cusco, Apurimac and Arequipa, as well as Junin in the center, chanting for Boluarte to leave.

In the capital Lima, police dispersed dozens of demonstrators with tear gas as they tried to reach Congress, while in Arequipa, officers used tear gas to break up hundreds of protesters.

Boluarte took over on December 7 as the South American country's first woman president following the impeachment and arrest of Pedro Castillo after he tried to dissolve Congress and rule by decree.

Castillo, a leftist former rural school teacher and union leader, faced vehement opposition from Congress during his 18 months in office, and had been the subject of numerous criminal investigations into allegations of widespread graft.
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*2. In Peru, Police used tear gas to disperse protesters trying to approach Parliament, Congress, building yesterday, January 4.*

According to media reports, transport authorities reported 35 blockade points across the country.

It said, protesters marched in Lima and Arequipa and demanded the resignation of current President Dina Boluarte and the closure of Congress.

*Meanwhile, authorities said, trains to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu had been suspended, a day after some 2,062 tourists were evacuated. The police and the army guarded the headquarters of public institutions in some areas where protests were planned.*

Earlier, Prime Minister Alberto Otarola had called for demonstrations to be peaceful. Thousands of protesters took to the streets two weeks after a wave of deadly protests over the ousting of former President Pedro Castillo. Around two dozen people died in protests across the country last month, December.
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*3. VIDEO: Des manifestations et des blocages ont repris dans une trentaine de provinces du Pérou mercredi pour réclamer la démission de la présidente Dina Boluarte, qui a succédé en décembre à Pedro Castillo destitué. (FRANCE 24)*