Not to be confused with 2022 Peruvian political protests.
2022 Peruvian economic protests
Part of 2017–present Peruvian political crisis
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Date
28 March 2022 (2022-03-28) – 18 April 2022 (2022-04-18)
Location
Peru
Caused by
Economic decline due to COVID-19 pandemic in Peru
The failed impeachment attempt of Pedro Castillo
Price hike of basic commodities
Goals
Fuel price controls
Removal of President Castillo
Methods
Blockades
Labor strike
Riots
Parties
Union of Multimodal Transport Guilds of Peru (UGTRANM)
Anti-Castillo protestors
Government of Peru
Pro-Castillo protestors
Lead figures
Geovani Rafael Diez Villegas
Pedro Castillo
Dina Boluarte
Aníbal Torres
Casualties
Death(s)
8[1][2][3][4][5]
Peruvian political crisis
Causes
Fujimorism
Corruption
Odebrecht scandal
Events
Institutional acts
Censure of Zavala cabinet
2019 constitutional crisis
Impeachments
Kuczynski's 1st
Kuczynski's 2nd
Vizcarra's 1st
Vizcarra 2nd
Castillo's 1st
Castillo's 2nd
Castillo's 3rd
Scandals
Cuellos Blancos
Pardon of Alberto Fujimori
Mamanivideos scandal
COVID-19 pandemic
Vacunagate
2021 electoral crisis
2022 self-coup attempt
Elections
2016 general election
2018 referendum
2020 parliamentary election
2021 general election
2026 general election
Protests
2017 teachers' strike
2018 agrarian strike
Protests against Manuel Merino
2020–2021 agrarian strike
2021–2022 mining protests
Protests against Pedro Castillo
Protests against Dina Boluarte
Apurímac protests
Armed violence
Deaths of Brian Pintado and Inti Sotelo
Ayacucho massacre
Juliaca massacre
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Mass protests in Peru against inflation and President Pedro Castillo's government began in March 2022. The protests occurred amid rising fertilizer and fuel prices caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and international sanctions imposed on Russia.[6] Some of the larger protests were organized by Geovani Rafael Diez Villegas, the leader of the Union of Multimodal Transport Guilds of Peru (UGTRANM) who had previously collaborated in late 2021 with business executives and right-wing politicians, opposing the Castillo government and whose power is recognized as rivaling the government's own Ministry of Transport and Communications. Diez Villegas demanded the removal of passenger restrictions on buses, pardons for transportation workers who were charged with crimes, and negotiations for forgiving debt owed by transportation businessmen to the government. He later organized a general strike aimed at paralysing transportation in Peru beginning on 4 April 2022 that resulted in protests, product shortages, transportation stoppages and rioting.
The Castillo government responded to initial protests by suspending a 30% fuel tax, though fuel companies refused to lower their prices and protests continued. Following widespread rioting on 4 April after the UGTRANM called for a general strike, President Castillo declared a one month state of emergency, citing intelligence reports of planned violence, and enforced a curfew in the capital city of Lima that was later withdrawn. Rioting occurred nationwide on 5 April, with thousands demonstrating in Lima and attempting to storm the Legislative Palace during Castillo's meeting with Congress. Additionally, the offices of the Supreme Court were looted. On 7 April, Castillo met with various protest leaders to find a solution to the situation, while later that day Congress voted on a motion calling for Castillo's resignation, with 61 approving, 43 against and 1 abstaining.
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^"Peru imposes curfew to stymie protests over rising fuel costs". Reuters. 5 April 2022.
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