Protests in Peru LIVE: Peace Marches Organized Nationwide to Stop Violence (La Republica [Spanish] - 12/17/2022)

Protests in Peru LIVE: Peace Marches Organized Nationwide to Stop Violence 

Demonstrations, road closures and pickets continue in different regions due to the national strike this Saturday, December 17. Find out minute by minute LIVE and all the events of today's protests.

The demonstrations in Peru for the advancement of elections and the closing of Congress do not stop on their ninth day. Until today, December 17, the Ombudsman's Office has reported twenty deaths during clashes in Apurímac, Arequipa, La Libertad, Junín and Ayacucho between civilians and members of the National Police and Armed Forces. According to the report, six more people lost their lives in traffic accidents related to the road blockade. Given this scenario, the Executive declared the entire country in a state of emergency and established a curfew in eight departments (15 provinces).

14:47 - 17/12/2022
State of Emergency: Denunciation of an Irregular Intervention in the Premises of Nuevo Perú.

This was reported by Lucía Alvites, former candidate for Congress from New Peru. "They won't let us leave the @NuevoPerúMov premises. We are practically kidnapped (...). This is an absolute violation of human rights, " she said. She also stated that they would be "planting things" to terrify them.


14:17 - 17/12/2022
Report that Flights at Jorge Chávez Airport (LIM) are Normalized.
Air operations at the Jorge Chávez International Airport are normalizing after more than four days in which eight hundred tourists were stranded. There are flights every 20 minutes, reported Latina Noticias.

However, humanitarian flights have not been possible from Machu Picchu to Cusco (town) due to severe weather and because the railways are still in poor condition, he reported.

12:27 - 17/12/2022
Terminal Terrestre de Cusco does not yet sell tickets to Arequipa but is evaluating a sale to Puerto Maldonado.

(Video)

12:00 - 17/12/2022
MTC seeks to restore service at the Arequipa and Juliaca airport

The Minister of the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC), Paola Lazarte said that they are preparing a package of measures to restore night operations at the Arequipa airport. Likewise, they are working to do the same in the Juliaca (Puno) establishment.



11:42 - 17/12/2022
How to request a work pass to transit during curfew?

If you need to request your work pass, you must follow the following steps:

- Enter the Mininter platform. Click HERE.

- Choose the type of identity document and enter the number. You can use the DNI, passport, immigration card, PTP and identity card.

- Enter the date of issue of your identification document.

- Then, you must select the region, province, and district where you live.

- You also need to choose the region, province, and district where you work.

11:38 - 17/12/2022
They denounce that PNP does not allow entry of lawyers to the raid of the premises of CCP and political party Nuevo Perú.

(Video)

11:16 - 17/12/2022
Ayacucho: citizens dress in white and say goodbye to those killed in protests.

(Video) 

11:07 - 17/12/2022
Protests in Peru: call for marches for peace at the national level.


 
10:44 - 17/12/2022
Interior Minister: about three hundred police officers were injured during protests

The Minister of the Interior, César Cervantes, pointed out that about three hundred police officers were injured during the protests in Peru. Of the total, four were affected by projectiles from firearms and one is undergoing surgery. The authority congratulated the PNP and asked the public to trust the authorities. 

10:35 - 17/12/2022
Ayacucho: confirm new death and national figure rises to twenty.

The Ayacucho Regional Health Directorate confirmed a new death due to the protests at the national level. According to information from the institution, the deceased person was one of the injured who was at the Regional Hospital. 

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