Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Peru’s President Imposes Curfew On Capital As Violent Inflation Protests Spread

 

VOA: Peru’s President Imposes Curfew on Capital After Violent Protests Over Inflation 

President Pedro Castillo of Peru has imposed a curfew in the capital, Lima, to quell the growing wave of violent protests over soaring fuel prices. 

President Castillo announced the curfew in a nationally televised speech Monday just before midnight local time, saying it would take effect beginning at 2 a.m. and would last until 11:59 p.m. Tuesday. 

The curfew was announced just hours after officials in Lima ordered schools to shut down for a second consecutive day due to mass protests by transport workers.  

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 Peru’s President Imposes Curfew On Capital As Violent Inflation Protests Spread  

Peru imposes curfew to quell protests over rising prices -- AP  

Peru Imposes Curfew in Lima as Violent Inflation Protests Spread -- Bloomberg  

Soldiers police Lima curfew after fuel price protests -- AFP  

Peru: Curfew imposed in Lima amid violent protests -- DW  

Peru fuel protests: President Castillo imposes curfew in Lima -- Al Jazeera  

Soldiers police Lima curfew after fuel price protests -- RFI  

Fuel protests prompt Lima curfew as Ukraine crisis touches South America -- The Guardian

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