March in Lima: citizens continue protests in the historic center, Miraflores and Surquillo. Photo: video capture Twitter / Firthunands
PNP restricts access near Dina Boluarte’s house in the face of protests
The surroundings to get to the residence of the President Dina Boluarte They are restricted by the National Police. According to a non-commissioned officer who spoke with La República, there was no presence of protesters in the last hours in the place.
Photo: Mary Luz Aranda/ URPI-LR
March in Lima: citizens protest outside Plaza Dos de Mayo
A group of citizens is outside the Plaza Dos Mayo marching against the government In Boluarte. PNP troops guard the place.
Miraflores: Citizens Protest in Kennedy Park
About thirty people attended the kenney park to protest against the government. According to Canal N, no business has closed so far. It should be noted that the Police prevents the passage to the Miraflores compound.
March in Lima and National Strike LIVE today | Citizens from different regions of the country have called for new mobilizations against the president In Boluarte yeahthe Congress of the Republic. In recent days, the Municipality of Lima made official a rule that declared the historic center of the capital as an intangible zone, thus prohibiting protests in this perimeter. Various specialists have ruled on this measure, which could be considered unconstitutional.
March in Lima today LIVE: latest news and news today February 18
Group that marched in Surquillo returns to Miraflores
The group that marched through the streets of Surquillo is returning to Miraflores. They couldn’t get close to the house of Dina Boluarte.
PNP restricts access near Dina Boluarte’s house in the face of protests
The surroundings to get to the residence of the President Dina Boluarte They are restricted by the National Police. According to a non-commissioned officer who spoke with La República, there was no presence of protesters in the last hours in the place.
Photo: Mary Luz Aranda/ URPI-LR
Marches in Lima: citizens mobilize to Surquillo and try to get closer to Dina Boluarte’s house
A group of citizens mobilizes in the Surquillo district and tries to reach the exterior of the house of President Dina Boluarte. However, a police contingent guards the place.
Video: Alex February
Protests continue in Kennedy Park in Miraflores
A group of citizens continue to protest in the parque Kennedy from Miraflores. With banners and songs they call for the resignation of Dina Boluarte.
Miraflores authorities declare district as a restricted zone for protests
The Miraflores Municipal Council declared the district a restricted zone for public and political gatherings, demonstrations, and marches “that put the safety, free movement, and health of residents and visitors at risk.”
March in Lima: citizens mobilize to Surquillo after being repressed by Miraflores
Citizens denounce that PNP repressed them towards surquillo for the measures taken by the municipality of Miraflores when declaring restricted areas for marches.
Video: Twitter/Firthunands
March in Lima: is it prohibited or not to protest in the historic center?
The National Human Rights Coordinator (CNDDHH) recalled that peaceful marches in the historic center are not prohibited. Only those protests that “put public safety and/or health at risk”, according to the ordinance of the municipality of Lima.
March in Lima: this is the panorama of Plaza Dos de Mayo
Demonstrators and National Police are in the 2 de Mayo square.
Video: Rosario Rojas/URPI-LR
March in Lima: citizens protest outside Plaza Dos de Mayo
A group of citizens is outside the Plaza Dos Mayo marching against the government In Boluarte. PNP troops guard the place.
Citizens march along Angamos avenue, in Surquillo
A group of people is marching down Angamos avenue, in Surquillo, against the government of Dina Boluarte. Among the requests of the citizens is the advancement of elections and the resignation of the president.
Photo: Mary Luz Aranda / URPI -LR
What roads are blocked nationwide?
According to the Sutrán Alert application of the Superintendence of Land Transportation of People, Cargo and Merchandise, the following roads are blocked in the south of the country:
A lots of:
– HIGHWAY MOQUEGUA – TORATA – MAZOCRUZ – DESAGUADERO
– LONGITUDINAL OF THE SOUTH SIERRA
– VIA CALAPUJA – MACUSANI – LECHEMAYO
Cusco:
– ROAD – SPIN – AYAVIRI
Protesters mobilize around the Plaza 2 de Mayo
Protesters arrive at the 2 de Mayo square to demonstrate in favor of the resignation of the president Dina Boluarte. It should be noted that this area was declared intangible by the Lima Metropolitan Council.
Photo: Twitter / @LuciaAlvites
Front of Alumni of the National University of Education announce participation in progress
The Front of Graduates of the National University of Education announces that a group of students participated in the mobilizations this Saturday, February 18. The focus point will be Manco Capac square.
Photo: Facebook / UNE Alumni Front
Miraflores: Citizens Protest in Kennedy Park
About thirty people attended the kenney park to protest against the government. According to Canal N, no business has closed so far. It should be noted that the Police prevents the passage to the Miraflores compound.
Protesters arrive at Plaza 2 de Mayo without being able to enter
A group of protesters arrived at the May 2 square without being able to enter it due to the strong police protection. According to Canal N, the people who arrived at the place are concentrated meters from the compound.
Independence: citizens march towards the center of Lima
Around a hundred people left the district of Independencia to mobilize towards the May 2 square to speak out against the Government and Congress. Some of the protesters ask early elections y constituent Assembly.
Photo: Mary Luz Aranda / URPI – LR
Journalist threatened in court for requesting information on deaths in marches
The journalistic program La Encerrona denounced that the Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru (CCFFAA) threatened to take legal action against Ernesto Cabral, one of its journalists.
Cabral had requested information, through the Transparence law, about the deaths that occurred during the protests in Ayacucho, Apurímac and Junín.
Hours later, the Ministry of Defence He contacted the outlet to ensure that no complaint was going to be filed with the professional.
Photo: Gerson Cardoso/LR
Amnesty International: Police used lethal weapons in protests
According to the preliminary report of International Amnestythe Dina Boluarte regime would have used excessive violence against protesters and without respecting their human rights.
“There are indications that the Police are committing extrajudicial executions. This lethal use of force and lethal weapons put the lives of the people who were in protest at risk,” said the organization’s director for the Americas, Erika Guevara.
Boluarte summons governors that he accused of stirring up protests to continue working for the country
The President of the Republic, In Boluarte He has stated that he wishes to work “in unity” with the newly elected regional governors and electoral mayors. As recalled, the National Assembly of Regional Governments They asked the president to rectify herself for having said that these authorities are removing the road blockade.
In this sense, Boluarte also said that “their expressions” had been misinterpreted.
Video: Mary Light Aranda / URPI – LR
Cusco will not abide by the February 20 protest
After a coordination meeting, social organizations of the Cusco provinces of Calca, Anta, Acomayo, La Convention, Paruro, Paucartambo, Quispicanchi and Urubamba, agreed not to hold mobilizations this February 20th.
According to Juvenal Dueñas and Rómulo Ramos, leaders of Calca and La Convención, the demonstration has been postponed until the end of the month.
Arequipa restarts protest on February 20
The president of the Departmental Federation of Workers of Arequipa (FDTA), José Luis Chapa, said that on February 20 there will be a peaceful mobilization in this city.
The Peruarbo Association, led by Alex Hualla, will also be part of the protests. The representatives also indicated that they will detect persons who infiltrate the gears.
What will be the concentration points?
Citizens have chosen the Plaza 2 de Mayo, in the Lima fenceand Kenedy Park, in mirafloresto protest against Congress and demand the resignation of Dina Boluarte as President of the Republic.
Marches in Lima: concentration points and routes for today, February 18
The citizen groups have called for a pre-concentration at 2:00 pm in the Civic Square of the Independencia district and in the María Auxiliadora station, in Villa María del Triunfo.
Likewise, two final meeting points have been established, at 4:00 pm, in Plaza 2 de Mayo, in Cercado de Lima, and in Kennedy Park, in Miraflores.
Demonstrations have been called despite declaring the district of Miraflores intangible. Photo: Twitter / @drantonioquispe
Is it constitutional to declare public spaces intangible to avoid protests?
After the municipality of the capital published the norm that established the historic center as an intangible zone, various specialists have ruled on whether this measure would be unconstitutional.
In conversation with La República, Heber Joel Campos, professor of constitutional law at the PUCPexplained that there is a precedent where the TC did not allow a similar rule to be applied (STC No. 04677-2004-AA) because it affected the democratic principle and the rights linked to the protest.
“What he said TC It is that this collided with the right to freedom of assembly, with the right to freedom of expression and with the right to protest. We can all demonstrate in public spaces respecting order, not endangering the integrity of third parties or going against public or private property, ”he clarified.
In this sense, Campos affirmed that this decision of the Municipality of Lima “seeks to limit this right, which could clash with the Constitution.”