Posted on 12/17/2022 8:51:18 AM PST by Eleutheria5
LIMA — Protesters blocked key roads and forced the closure of five airports in Peru amid violent protests that flared up again on Friday and have left at least 16 dead, following the ousting and arrest of former President Pedro Castillo.
Eight people were killed on Thursday in clashes between security forces and protesters in Ayacucho, according to local authorities, after a Supreme Court panel ordered an 18-month pretrial detention for Castillo while he is investigated over charges of “rebellion and conspiracy.”
Demonstrators are calling for early elections, the closure of Congress, a constituent assembly, and the resignation of new President Dina Boluarte, who took over from Castillo after he was removed from office by a congressional vote hours after he attempted to dissolve Congress.
Castillo has denied wrongdoing and says he remains the country’s lawful president.
The death toll from the protests could be as high as 20, Eliana Revollar, head of Peru’s ombudsman’s office, said in an interview with local radio RPP.
In Ayacucho, protesters set fire to the local judiciary and prosecutor’s offices, and security forces used weapons to repel attacks on the airport and other places, Revollar said.
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Amateurs. If they want a lesson on real political violence and civil unrest, they need to watch a few january 6 videos of people storming the capitol
Mr. DOMINION.
Is That You?
Leftists don’t like being overruled. Some occasionally get turned by reality but the amount that stay crazy their whole lives is rather sad .
Just take a look at what’s going on in Peru and Brazil. Is this coming to a neighborhood near you?
Not if we’re starving.
That’s how Kim Jong Un keeps his people from revolting.
So start preparing for it today. Grow food, keep livestock. Stockpile canned goods, ordnance, auto parts and fuel, etc. Starving people can’t fight.
Oh, we’re good here! XD
Now if that happened in the US.....
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