{"id":170743,"date":"2022-04-05T14:56:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T06:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=170743"},"modified":"2022-04-05T14:56:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T06:56:43","slug":"peru-imposes-curfew-to-stymie-protests-over-rising-fuel-costs-at-least-4-people-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=170743","title":{"rendered":"Peru imposes curfew to stymie protests over rising fuel costs; at least 4 people killed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com\/reuters\/OYNGOSR7UVND7NKKJEHMQD5AFI.jpg\" alt=\"Peruvians strike against gas prices and toll rates, in Ica\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>LIMA, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Peruvian President Pedro Castillo announced a Tuesday curfew for the capital Lima and a neighbouring port city following demonstration that caused roadblocks and &#8220;acts of violence&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;In view of the acts of violence that some groups have wanted to create&#8230; and in order to reestablish peace&#8230; the Council of Ministers has approved the declaration of citizen immobility (curfew) from 2:00 am to 11:59 pm on<br>Tuesday, April 5,&#8221; Castillo said in a televised message Monday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Castillo imposed the curfew banning people from leaving their homes in an attempt to curb protests against rising fuel and fertilizer costs that have spread throughout the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, a wave of protests against rising fuel and fertilizer prices, triggered by Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine, continued into their second week, while the government scrambled to bring prices down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The protests represent a harsh reality for the embattled presidency of leftist Pedro Castillo, a peasant farmer and school teacher who won election last year with the overwhelming support of the rural poor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But his support has quickly waned, even in rural regions, and hovers at about 25% nationwide. In his eight months in office, Castillo has survived two impeachment attempts and cycled through an unprecedented number of Cabinet members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The protests have become increasingly violent and at least four people have been killed, the government said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, protesters burned toll booths and clashed with police near the southern city of Ica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This strike isn&#8217;t happening just here, it&#8217;s all over Peru,&#8221; said one protester in Ica, who declined to be identified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The turmoil erupted last week as farmers and truckers blocked some main highways to Lima, leading to a sudden surge in food prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government responded over the weekend with a proposal to forego most taxes on fuel in an attempt to lower prices, while also raising the minimum wage by about 10% to 1,205 soles ($332) a month.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peru has also issued an emergency declaration for its agricultural sector due to rising fertilizer prices triggered by Western sanctions on Russia, a major exporter of potash, ammonia, urea and other soil nutrients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like many countries, Peru was already battling high inflation before the war. In March, inflation hit a 26-year high, largely driven by rising fuel and food prices.\u00a0&#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/facebook.svg\" alt=\"facebook sharing button\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/twitter.svg\" alt=\"twitter sharing button\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/messenger.svg\" alt=\"messenger sharing button\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/whatsapp.svg\" alt=\"whatsapp sharing button\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/sharethis.svg\" alt=\"sharethis sharing button\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LIMA, April 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Peruvian President Pedro Castillo announced a Tuesday curfew for the capital Lima and a neighbouring port city following demonstration that caused roadblocks and &#8220;acts of violence&#8221;. \u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;In view of the acts of violence that some groups have wanted to create&#8230; and in order to reestablish peace&#8230; the Council of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170743"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=170743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170747,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170743\/revisions\/170747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=170743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=170743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=170743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}