Today marks start of transport carriers strike to demand resignation of President Dina Boluarte (Exitosa [Spanish] - 3/3/2013)
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...