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There is so much protest around the world that people get used to it and this don't even make the big lines, 17 deads for following their beliefs.
We are in-between two eras and the change won't be easy, people need to be determinated and leave the fear aside. We have one life only and we can choose to not be slaves, togethers !
I had a bit of hope the english speaking world would care more about this. We share the same time zones, we consume tons of american media, wear american clothes, we share more or less the same christian values, and we're not a perpetually war-torn region like the ones in the middle east and Africa. Alas there is nothing for the US and their allies to gain from condemning these massacres, human rights are only important when Russia, China and Iran are involved.
The people being killed are unarmed except for shields, sticks and stones. There are hundreds of pieces of footage showing plainclothes cops infiltrating the protests to escalate violence. Everyone opposing the regime is being branded a terrorist. >

This won't make you feel any better, but to be honest I didn't even know this was going on until this was posted. From that article, they mentioned the protests are due to the jailing of President Castillo as a result of him attempting to dissolve congress. What's the story behind that? (the dissolving congress, why he was arrested for that, etc)? >

To be honest, I knew this wouldn't get any traction since the US ambassador in Peru (and former CIA agent) publicly endorsed Boluarte's civic-military regime. That means US-aligned media has been told to keep quiet about this.
It's a long story, the reasons for these protests go back 200 years, but trying my best to summarize what just happened: we elected a president that promised a new constitution, but didn't have the votes to do anything in congress. We have a right wing majority in charge of Congress that is supported by the oligarchy (banks, media conglomerates, mining corporations) and by the military (who in turn have strong ties to cocaine trafficking). When Castillo lost his mind and attempted a coup, the right took all the power, legally but without any legitimacy. That's what the protests are about, we're being governed by the losers of the election. >


we're being governed by the losers of the election.

The current president of Peru was elected vice-president on Castillo's ticket in 2022. I don't see how you could claim she was the loser of the election. >

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 88%. (I'm a bot)


At least 17 people have been killed in clashes with police in southern Peru, according to country's human rights office.
The death toll marks the deadliest day so far of protests demanding early elections and the release of jailed former president Pedro Castillo.
During the day in Juliaca, a Reuters witness recorded footage of gunshots and smoke on the streets as protesters took cover behind large metal plates and road signs and threw rocks at police using improvised sling-shots.


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