The protest marches in Cusco, Puno, Juliaca, Tacna and Arequipa they are not peaceful for the most part. Protesters authoritarianly force businesses to close, even humble street vendors who earn just to eat during the day. Because of this, more and more residents face radicals who don’t let them work.
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In it Cusco, an enraged seller of quail eggs He confronted those who told him to go home with his cart because there was a strike. “Everyone who makes their strike, who stops them, make their strike, but I don’t want to. Come, come, even the animal would think better than you.” he yelled at them wielding a knife to defend. In the end she stayed working.
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In Puerto Maldonado, capital of Madre de Dios, individuals who called for a “peaceful march” attacked women who were in their business with stones. “Go away cowards, look how they attack people. Is this a peaceful march?” a woman tells them while filming them assaulting the neighbors.
IN DEFENSE OF THE POLICE
In the same city, the population spontaneously came out to defend the Police It was attacked by vandals. “Mother of God comes out in defense of the PNP. Aware that the Police cannot use their regulation weapons to defend themselves against terrorists, the residents of Mother of God they face…”says a tweet from a resident.
In the meantime, in Tacna, a candy vendor He prevented a mob of alleged “peaceful protesters”, men and women, from making him close his kiosk where he sold sandwiches, soft drinks and cookies. “I don’t have money to spare, I have to pay my debts, what do you live on. Why are they afraid that I will record them, it is supposed to be a peaceful march”, he scolded the misfits who then withdrew.
On the other hand, merchants of a market in Moquegua They also warned that they will confront vandals and alleged Protestants.. “They have taken three blenders, I pay 35 soles a day for this position, I work for the day, they are not going to force me not to work, if they are going to come to harm us, we will defend ourselves with what we have. The protest must be peaceful. If they don’t want to work, waking up is their right… Communism is oppressing the poor, telling them not to open your business, They complain that they are not called terrorists and that they spread terror”, They pointed out referring to the rioters.
AREQUIPA
In Arequipa, trading platform traders Rio Seco, in Cerro ColoradoThey came out in a mobilization demanding an end to the confrontations and deaths.
In Cusco tooIn the morning hours, criminals attacked humble merchants and punctured the tires of parked cars, so that the Imperial City remains paralyzed. However, they received the rejection of the neighbors and merchants.