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Protests in Peru: deaths reported in Puno and La Libertad (Spanish) 19:31 - 18/1/2023 Ministry of Health places hospitals on 'Red Alert' for tomorrow's national March of the "Cuatro Suyos."   18:29 - 18/1/2023 Puno: confirm first death during clashes in Macusani This afternoon, January 18, the first fatality was confirmed during the clashes in Macusani, Puno. To date, the Ombudsman's Office has registered a total of fifty deceased in Peru's ongoing protests: including minors, non-protestors and one member of the Peruvian National Police (PNP). 18:16 - 18/1/2023 Protesters block Salaverry Avenue A group of protesters is already at the intersection of Salaverry Avenues and 28 de Julio near the center of Lima. They have made a human cordon preventing the passage of vehicles in one of the ovals of the sector. The PNP is trying to disperse them. 17:58 - 18/1/2023 Lima: protesters leave the UNMSM for Miraflores Protesters who arrived from various provinces and s...

Ica: March of the 'Cuatro Suyos’ has begun - thousands travel to the Capital for the ‘Toma de Lima’ (Spanish) Thousands of protesters from the south, center, north and east of Peru travel to Lima, while the government tries to neutralize them with a State of Emergency. Kenny Jhorch Thousands leave Andahuaylas for Lima. Photo: Direct Contact. The March of the 'Cuatro Suyos’ of them has begun. Since this last weekend, thousands of protesters from various parts of Peru began their trips to the city of Lima. This happens in the face of a "State of Emergency" declared by President Dina Boluarte in her desire to stop the demonstrations. Anti-government protests took place in Apurímac, Cusco, Ayacucho, Arequipa, Madre de Dios, Puno, and other regions. In parallel, the confrontations due to the police and military repression at the order of Boluarte have so far left forty-two people dead. The mobilizations do not stop and neither does the government in trying to take control ...