Between tears and recommendations to take care of themselves, hundreds of people from Puno fired nearly 7,000 aimaras who left for Lima to demand the resignation of Dina Boluarte. Who will represent Fist in the capital they left aboard buses, vans, cars and trucks.
As they passed through various towns they received all kinds of support. They gave them products such as cookies, water, bread, fruit, soda, tuna, coke, and even money so that they can resist as long as necessary until they achieve their political purpose.
“We are grateful for all the love that they have just shown us in each town. We are not going to let them down. We are not going back until Dina Boluarte resignsand. He has ignored us. He has humiliated us. Now she is going to know the strength of the aimaras. The strength of the people who work the land,” said José Colque Mamani, leader of the Ilave mountain range.
Representatives of populated centers and communities from the provinces of Yunguyo, Juli and Ilave, and the district of Acora embarked in the units.
Joy. Those who make up the Aymara convoy were well received in towns through which they passed. Photo: Liubomir Fernandez/URPI-LR
The convoy, made up of around 120 vehicles, left from the Desaguadero district. Subsequently, the caravan concentrated in Ilave and then they all headed towards the city of Puno. There thousands of people stationed themselves on the side of the road where the procession passed to give them their support in money and all kinds of food.
“Everything I see moves me. I don’t know how long this lady is not going to resign. How many more deaths does she want?. It fills me with pride how our aimaras go to the capital to fight for a just cause. This woman has to go,” said Clotilde Vilda, a merchant at the Unión y Dignidad market.
The Aymara communities reported that as long as their countrymen are in Lima, the indefinite strike with road blockade will continue. Earlier, dozens of students from the National University of the Altiplano also left Puno. In the capital they will join other universities and the Aymara bloc.
“We are offended by what he said Dina Boluarte. We are not drug traffickers or terrorists. Now they are going to meet us. We will continue the fight until the end. They are not going to make fun of us. Not that. Impossible,” said Manuel Flores, a Social Work student.
At the Señor de Huanca wholesale market, in Arequipa, the merchants waited for the caravan from Puno with a large quantity of vegetables, tubers, fruits, water, breads, and others.
“Until Congress closes, not a step back. The people have already left. If possible”, were the phrases that the travelers repeated loudly when receiving the donations. While the merchants fired them with the cry “The united people will never be defeated.”
Support for. Arequipa merchants delivered food to them. Photo: diffusion
Andahuaylas in Lima
After passing the inspection of vehicles and the documentation of drivers and passengers by the police, and the arrest of four citizens in Humay, the Andahuaylas delegation is already in Lima.
“They have been released at 1:00 in the morning and at that time we have just restarted the trip. But again in Pucusana they took a driver and two people more because they supposedly have problems with their documents”, said the leader Eugenio Allcca.
He mentioned that today he will coordinate with organizations in Lima and provincial delegations to join forces.
strike and mobilization
The National Assembly of the Peoples (ANP) approved a national strike and mobilization for Thursday, January 19 in demand for the resignation of Boluarte, general elections in 2023 with a referendum on the constituent assembly and resignation of the board of directors of Congress.
“It is an agreement between the General Confederation of Workers of Peru and the ANP. That same day there will be a march, the concentration will be in Plaza Dos de Mayo at 4:00 in the afternoon ”, informed the general secretary of the CGTP, Gerónimo López.
The leader urged not to allow acts of vandalism that will tarnish his fight.
Cusco. Delegation of the Imperial City travels in trucks. Photo: AFP
Arequipa march for peace on Thursday
The Arequipa collective for peace announced the holding of a march this Thursday, January 19day in which a national strike and mobilization against the Government of Dina Boluarte has also been called.
In a statement that was read at a press conference, they indicated their rejection of the acts of violence incited by radical groupswhich caused loss of human life and affected the economic recovery after two years of pandemic.
The collective said they defend the rule of law, peace and development in the Arequipa region.
The key
Since Cusco. Delegations from the provinces of Canas and Calca left last night for Lima from the Tupac Amaru square in the city of Cusco. “Here we are, the children of Túpac Amaru,” said a Caneño, who maintained that peace will return to the country with the resignation of Boluarte.
