Fifty Peruvians and supporters took action outside the Consulate General of Peru on November 16. It was the third solidarity action against the coup against elected leader Martin Vizcarra. Peru鈥檚 democracy movement has been mobilising in large numbers from November 10.
On November 9, Peru鈥檚 parliament voted to impeach president Mart铆n Vizcarra, appointing Manuel Merino of the Accion Popular (AP) party as head of state until the country鈥檚 general elections. Merino has since been forced to step down.
While Vizcarra was not a radical,聽the 鈥渓egislative coup鈥 by right-wing figures in AP is widely seen as an attack on democratic rights.
From November 10, hundreds of thousands of protesters have been in the streets of Lima, Arequipa, Trujillo and Cusco. Police killed two protesters, injured more than 100 and the whereabouts of many is still unknown.
It took a week of mass protests to force the resignation of Merino. The Congress has now elected Francisco Sagasti as the country鈥檚 new interim president.
Peruvian solidarity activist Jorge Zamora told 麻豆传媒 that the democratic movement is demanding a constituent assembly 鈥渢o formulate a new constitution, new elections and those responsible for the deaths and injuries and disappearances of students to be brought to justice.
鈥淭hey took them alive, we want them alive,鈥 the protesters chanted, demanding the Peruvian police return the disappeared protesters to safety.