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All these elements may be present in the wave of protests, which had the Andean south as its epicenter but spread throughout the country, including the Amazon, but the demands of all the mobilized actors constitute a complex, resistant framework. to simplification. There are Castillista sectors that demand the release and even the reinstatement of the ex-president in his position, while others are opposed and consider that Castillo attempted a self-coup. A broad sector demands new elections, but there is already a bloc –nucleated in the Unified National Committee for the Fight of Peru ( conulp )– that rejects the early elections as a hoax.

There seems to be a convergence around the Phone Number List to convene a Constituent Assembly, but the blocks linked to the human rights movement are in the antipodes of those who demand the death penalty for very serious crimes. On the other hand, although they are not the ones leading the protests, there are actors linked to criminal economies who have participated in some mobilizations. Various left and right have in common the fact that they presuppose a certain organizational structure or motivation that brings together the mass of protesters.



But we must remember that what best defines contemporary Peru is the fragmentation and difficulty in adding interests. The profound heterogeneity of the outbreak The current cycle of protests responds to the alliance of Dina Boluarte with the political, media and social rights, the brutality of the repression and the confrontational discourse of the coalition in power. This coalition is an alliance (more out of fear than love) between the president, the Armed Forces, the right-wing parties and pragmatic groups in Congress, business elites and, especially, the main Lima media.