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During a second "Takeover of Lima" event beginning on 2 March, protest leaders announced that 13 provinces would participate in mobilizations throughout the nation and that protesters would continue to congregate in Lima. [230] During the protests, police fired tear gas directly at the bodies of Aymara women marching with babies on their backs ...
7 November – Agustín Lozano, the president of the Peruvian Football Federation, is arrested in Lima on charges that include fraud, extortion and money laundering. [25] 14 November – The Chancay Mega-port, the first Chinese-funded port in the country, is inaugurated. [26] 15–16 November – The APEC Peru 2024 summit is held in Lima. [27]
19 January – Thousands of protesters march in Lima demanding the resignation of president Dina Boluarte as the number of fatalities from clashes between demonstrators and police exceeds 50. [4] 21 January – Peru indefinitely closes its iconic Machu Picchu historic site due to the ongoing unrest which has killed dozens of people. Around 500 ...
President of China and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping visited Lima, Peru, at the request of President of Peru Dina Boluarte, to participate in the 31st Informal Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders' Meeting and conduct a state visit from November 13 to 17, 2024.
On 7 December, between one and two hundred people gathered in the "Toma de Lima" in the Plaza San Martín and surroundings. [3] [4] However, after the events of the vacancy and detention, the protesters mainly occupied Abancay avenue, [5] which was guarded by police to avoid entering the congress. [6]
Peru declared Mexico's ambassador to Lima "persona non grata" and ordered him to leave the country on 21 December. [ 153 ] Paraguay : The government expressed "its concern about the situation in Peru", and called for a "constructive dialogue between all the actors and political forces to preserve democracy and its institutions in favor of ...
APEC Peru 2024 was the first APEC meeting for New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, who assumed the premiership on 27 November 2023; Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who assumed the premiership on 15 May 2024; Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who assumed the premiership on 16 August; and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who assumed the premiership on 1 ...
Protests in support and against Castillo occurred outside the Wanka Coliseum during the event. [41] In Lima, members of CGTP and SUTEP marched to the Legislative Palace in support of Castillo to demand that Congress stop obstruction, to organize a Constituent Assembly to draft a new constitution for Peru and that if such changes were not made ...