Anti-government protesters clash with police in downtown Lima, Peru, July 19, 2023
DEMOCRACY protesters occupied parts of Peru’s capital over the last three days in a protest dubbed the “third takeover of Lima.”
The march on the capital — the third since January, hence the name — was organised by trade unions, indigenous rights organisations and peasant and women’s groups.
It swept in on Wednesday and by the end of Thursday was still controlling the Ilava Bridge and other key thoroughfares. The National Unitary Co-ordinator of Struggle, an umbrella group for the democracy organisations, said it will hold further demonstrations in Lima on Saturday.
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