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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Peruvian Workers Call for a National Strike Against Boluarte</h1>
<div class="gmail-credits gmail-reader-credits">teleSUR - January18, 2023<br></div>
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<img src="cid:ii_ld2dx0d70" alt="image.png" width="392" height="222"><br><p>On Thursday,
thousands of citizens who are marching from all regions of Peru to Lima
will join the general strike called by the General Confederation of
Workers (CGTP).</p>
<p>They demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, the immediate
call for general elections, and the holding of a Constituent Assembly.</p>
<p>To prevent the
Indigenous peoples, workers, farmers, and students from reaching the
capital city, the regime's security forces are implementing preventive
measures such as checking the entry of vehicles into Lima. This is
happening, for example, at the tolls of the highways.</p>
<p>The Prosecutor's
Office and the National Police are also verifying the entry of the
dozens of buses from regions such as Puno, Cuzco, Apurimac, Ayacucho,
and Arequipa.</p>
<p>Despite the unconstitutional restrictions on citizen mobility, the
purpose of the people is to arrive in Lima and meet at 2 de Mayo Square
starting at 4:00 p.m. local time.</p>
<p>On Monday, the Police
also tried to prevent the National People's Assembly (ANP) from being
held by surrounding the building where the workers were summoned.</p>
<p>"The national strike
will be carried out forcefully... They don't want this big strike to
take place," CGTP Deputy Secretary Gustavo Minaya said, recalling that
the protest is fueled by outrage over the deaths caused by the Boluarte
regime.</p>
<p>Demonstrations broke
out on Dec. 8, 2022, after the removal by Congress of then-President
Pedro Castillo. So far, around 50 fatalities have been reported due to
violent repression.</p>
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