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Protests Continue in Peru
Lima - Social protests continue in several Peruvian
regions for a third day, with people expressing
their dissatisfaction with the current economic
policy.
The southern Puno Andean regions and Ayacucho and
Huancavelica central regions entered into third day
of huge general strikes with their demands joining
in the national days of protests.
In Puno traffic was again paralyzed, for the third
day, and passage to the Bolivian border also
blocked, while in Ayacucho and Huancavelica strikes
are considered overwhelming.
The southern Arequipa city was also brought to a
halt Wednesday and Thursday with different areas of
the city experiencing a teachers' national strike as
well as one of the urban transportation workers.
A demonstration was held in Lima in which opposition
leader Ollanta Humala Lima called for unity of the
left-wing forces and social organizations demanding
a change to the economic and politic model. |
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