Takeover of Lima LIVE: protesters move to the center of the capital protected by the police

Critical points in Lima: PNP identified the places and areas through which protesters will move

The march this Thursday, January 19, has multiple concentration points, among them, the Dos de Mayo and San Martín squares, in downtown Lima, and Kennedy Park in Miraflores.

Protesters who traveled to the capital from other parts of the country face a line of riot police. (AP Photo/Martín Mejía)

It is Thursday January 19 takes place in much of the Peru a national strike, while in Lima, it has been called for a great mobilizationcalled ‘Taking of Lima’ for which thousands of protesters have arrived, mainly from the southern part of the country, to demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, the call for new general elections, the installation of a Constituent Assembly, among other measures.