'The protesters in Peru are right: When the elected President is deposed in a palace coup, only fresh elections can cure the rift and restore democracy,' says yanisvaroufakis. 'Solidarity with Peruvian democrats = solidarity with democracy.'
Defensoria del Pueblo, Peru's national ombudsman, the 6,000-7,000 demonstrators who marched on Plaza 2 de Mayo and Plaza San Martín were peaceful. However, "violent groups" attempted to reach the building housing Peru's Congress.
Protests continued elsewhere Thursday, including in the southern city of Arequipa, where a group of around 200 people attempted to stormas 30-year-old Jhancarlo Condori Arcana, died after being shot in the abdomen by police at the airport. Boluarte said during a nighttime television address that the protests had "no social agenda" and that protesters wanted to "break the rule of law, generate chaos and disorder, and seize power."
Earlier on Thursday, Boluarte met with officials from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, whose spokesperson, Maria Hurtado,;“Yojana gives us the demands of Peruvian protestors that Western media fails to make clear.\n\nListen to "The Coup in Peru w/ Yojana Miraya Oscco and Renzo Aroni" now streaming wherever you get your podcasts!;”
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