[News] Peru: Indigenous People Warn Boluarte of ‘Civil War’

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Peru: Indigenous People Warn Boluarte of ‘Civil War’February 22, 2023
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[image: A protest against Peru's de facto government in Puno, Peru, January
25. Photo: Juan Carlos Cisneros/AFP/Getty Images/File photo.]

A protest against Peru's de facto government in Puno, Peru, January 25.
Photo: Juan Carlos Cisneros/AFP/Getty Images/File photo.

*Thousands of Peruvians from the Aymara Indigenous community warned de
facto Peruvian President Dina Boluarte of a “civil war” if she continues to
send soldiers to their towns.*

On Tuesday, February 21, thousands of Aymara people demonstrated in the
eponymous capital of the Puno region, in southern Peru, dressed in uniform
as a symbol of organization and a demonstration of the collective decisions
to continue with the anti-government protests. They are demanding the
resignation of Boluarte, early elections, dissolution of the congress and a
constituent assembly.

After issuing an ultimatum to the de facto president, the Aymara population
declared that they will not let the military enter to take control of their
towns and that if they did, the only way out would be a “civil war.”

“Despite the fact that they have killed 21 of our countrymen, now they want
to humiliate us more by sending soldiers. They are provoking us more and
more. We will continue, whatever happens,” said David Yujra, a spokesperson
for grassroots organizations in the Puno province.

Peru has been experiencing an uprising since December 7, when then-Vice
President Boluarte took over the government when leftist Pedro Castillo was
ousted in a parliamentary coup d’etat.

Boluarte responded to the protests by declaring a state of emergency and
launching a bloody campaign of police repression. There have been clashes
and, in repressive actions, the authorities have caused the deaths of
dozens of civilians so far.

Human rights groups have accused police and security forces of using
firearms and dropping smoke bombs from helicopters. The army claims that
the demonstrators use homemade weapons and explosives, but figures show the
police and military repression has been disproportionate.

(HispanTV
<https://www.hispantv.com/noticias/peru/561057/indigenas-aimara-guerra-civil>)
with Orinoco Tribune content

Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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