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Today marks start of transport carriers strike to demand resignation of President Dina Boluarte (Spanish) The strike of transport carriers to demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte begins Thursday, March 2, and runs through Wednesday, March 8. In an interview with Exitosa, Javier Corrales, spokesman for the National Front of Carriers of Peru, spoke about the strike that transport carriers and drivers will carry out nationwide, from March 2 to 8. He stated that the country is facing a political and social crisis, and that citizens "cannot be oblivious to the pain of our Peruvian brothers."  Likewise, the National Front considers that the demonstrations that take place in various parts of the country are a response to acts of corruption by State entities and to demand that the authorities work for the benefit of Peru's citizens.  "We listen to the population. The people are tired of Congress. It has been noticed, for the first time in the history of Peru, th...

Protest song "Dina Assassina" becomes the anthem of demonstrations in Peru (Spanish) A song that questions President Dina Boluarte for not resigning despite the deaths caused by state repression has become the de-facto anthem of the protests. SERVINDI, February 3, 2023.- "This democracy is no longer a democracy, Dina Asesina, the people repudiate you" are the first verses of a song that has permeated protests against the government of Dina Boluarte. The theme composed by a group of musicians has become the unofficial anthem in the demonstrations that are replicated throughout the country demanding the resignation of the President and the closure of Congress. The song of just six verses that are repeated twice each expresses a harsh questioning of the President for the repression, which has left 58 Peruvians dead, in response to protests. In addition, the song questions that, despite Boluarte's refusal to resign, the state continues to launch "bullets and mi...

Digna Calle resigns Second Vice Presidency of Congress due to the blocking of the early elections (Spanish) The Congress Member of Podemos Peru Digna Calle Lobatón also announced that she will request a license without pay to legislate "without charging a sol." The Congress Member of Podemos Peru Digna Calle irrevocably resigned from the Second Vice Presidency of the Board of Directors of Congress because of the Constitution Commission archiving the project of President Dina Boluarte on the advancement of general elections for October 2023. In a video broadcast on her social networks, Calle Lobatón maintained that Congress and President Dina Boluarte "do not want to take responsibility for the crisis facing the country" and recalled that Parliament has developed "4 sessions, 11 votes and 20 hours of debate without necessary consensus". "It's clear, they don't want to leave, they don't want to give up their salaries or privileges. Since Ap...