Road and airport blockades seriously affected Peruvians

The protests unleashed after the failed coup d’état on December 7 of last yearand the subsequent arrest of its promoter Pedro Castillo, have not only caused millions in economic losses to Peruvians.

The latest Ipsos national urban-rural survey for Peru21reveals that the violence unleashed in different parts of the country has affected a majority percentage of citizens, although in different ways.

The protests unleashed after the failed coup d’état on December 7 last year, and the subsequent arrest of its promoter Pedro Castillo, have not only caused millions in economic losses to Peruvians.

The latest Ipsos national urban-rural survey for Peru21 reveals that the violence unleashed in different parts of the country has affected a majority percentage of citizens, although in different ways.

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Thus, while some have been victims of blows or injuries in the demonstrations, others have been prevented from traveling or moving from one place to another, or have suffered from shortages or increases in the price of some products, with the consequent repercussions negative in their family economy.

In this context, in addition, the survey shows that 34% of Peruvians believe that there were fatalities in the attacks on the Juliaca and Ayacucho airports because the president or the prime minister gave orders to “shoot to kill to reestablish peace.” order”.

Although 21% also maintain that this result occurred because some soldiers or police officers felt their lives were threatened by the number of people who participated in the attacks and 19% because the troops in charge of the operations felt that their lives were at risk due to the attacker violence.

Likewise, there is a 49% that describes as “excessive” the performance of the Police to face the protests. This figure rises to 60% in rural areas.

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