Demonstrators march in Peru to demand resignation of President Dina Boluarte

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(20 Jul 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lima, Peru - 19 July 2024
1. Various of demonstrators marching
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Martin Vizcarra, former President of Peru: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND PARTLY OVERLAID BY SHOTS 3 AND 4++
"This is a march where the citizens want to tell the government and the congress: enough of abuse, enough of infringements which are working against the interests of the great majority. This is why they raise their voice in a peaceful way"
3. Various of demonstrators marching under police surveillance
4. Women marching, playing drums
5. Demonstrators holding banner reading (Spanish) "Not one more woman killed under Dina (Boluarte's administration)"
6. Demonstrators carrying large Peruvian flag
5. Various of demonstrators wearing prison uniforms and masks of former presidents (Alejandro Toledo, Alberto Fujimori, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Alan Garcia, all of whom were investigated on allegations of corruption)
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of demonstrators, members of unions, social organizations and political parties on Friday took to the streets of Lima to call for President Dina Boluarte to resign.

Others also demanded an increase in wages and retiree pensions.

The various groups protesting also demanded a government investigation into the deaths of dozens of people and the thousands injured during protests when Boluarte took office.

According to Peru's independent Ombudsman's Office, almost all of the dead were civilians and most were killed by firearms.

One of the most violent of the protests took place in the Indigenous province of Juliaca, where 18 people were killed in one day.

The violence led to further nationwide protests.

The unrest began when then-President Pedro Castillo was impeached and later arrested for trying to dissolve Congress on December 7, 2022.

Boluarte, who was then vice president, took over.

AP video shot by: Cesar Barreto and Mauricio Muñoz

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