WITH TIERS HAS MORE.
>> FOR DAYS. CHAOS IN PERU.
ROCKS AND STICKS AT POLICE.
AUTHORITIES SHOOTING TEAR GAS
INTO CROWDS AS THEY MARCHED
TOWARDS THE LEGISLATIVE PALACE
IN LIMA. GROWING TENSION AS
PRESIDENT WILL TEST THE EU
IMPOSED A CURFEW TUESDAY TO
QUELL RECENT ANTI-GOVERNMENT
PROTESTS OVER RISING GAS AND
FOOD PRICES. I WE
>> I'VE GOT I SAY. AND IT IS
ONE MINUTE YOU'RE GOING TO.
THOSE ARE THEY WILL THEY BE A
IT MEANT THAT ALL MEN MEDICAL
DAILY.
>> LESS THAN 24 HOURS LATER
AND IT ESCALATED MANIFESTATIONS THAT CURFEW
MANIFESTATIONS THAT CURFEW
DROPPED WHEN YOU LOOK AT
>> GOVERNMENT CONFIRMING AT
LEAST 4 PEOPLE HAVE DIED. 3 OF
THEM OVER THE WEEKEND IN THE
CITY OF ONE. INLAND PROTESTS
BEGAN. LUCKILY
>> I WANT TO WHICH TOOK THE
KNOW, BUT IT GOT A CALL FOR
SEE HIM COUPLE WHO FEEL THAT
IS MORE TO PUT UP WITH SHIA
OUTRAGE OVER THE GOVERNMENT'S
RESPONSE TO PROTESTS. ANOTHER
HIT FOR THE MAN WHO CAME IN
PROMISING ECONOMIC STABILITY
AND WAS JUST ELECTED LAST JUNE
IN LESS THAN A YEAR IN OFFICE.
HE'S ALREADY FACED 2
IMPEACHMENTS.
>> PRESIDENT CASTILLO'S CURFEW
AND HANDLING OF THE DEADLY
PROTEST RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT
RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. THE
COUNTRY'S NATIONAL COORDINATOR
FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SAYING THE
STATE OF EMERGENCY VIOLATES
PERUVIANS RIGHTS AND ACCUSING
THE NATIONAL POLICE OF USING
DISPROPORTIONATE FORCE AGAINST
PROTESTERS. IT'S A DELICATE
TOPIC THAT FOR MANY PERUVIANS
BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF 1992.
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC UNREST
SINCE JAILED FORMER PRESIDENT
FUJIMORI SHUTDOWN, PERU'S
CONGRESS AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM
AND SENT TANKS INTO THE
STREETS WHAT DO YOU THINK IT
WAS ABOUT THE CURFEW
SPECIFICALLY THAT MAYBE
PERUVIAN PEOPLE SAY, OK,
THAT'S IT.
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, NOT
EVEN IN THE WORST TIMES OF
COVID. NOT EVEN IN THE WORST
YEARS OF TERRORISM WHICH
PROVED HE'S BEEN THROUGH, YOU
KNOW, DECADES AGO. WAS THERE
THIS 24 HOUR SHUTDOWN WAS NO
PREPARATION. SO THIS IS
CLEARLY SEEN AS A REACTION BY
PRESIDENT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
ELSE TO DO INFLATION HAS BEEN
AN ISSUE IN PERU FOR YEARS.
ONE WORSENED RECENTLY WITH THE
WAR IN UKRAINE HITTING A 26
YEAR HIGH IN MARCH BEFORE THE
CURFEW. THE GOVERNMENT
PROPOSED DROPPING MOST FUEL
TAXES IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOWER
PRICES WHILE ALSO RAISING THE
MINIMUM WAGE ABOUT 10%.
>> THOSE PROTESTING SAYING
IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
>> THERE HAVE BEEN THAT WORK
STOPPAGES AND THERE HAVE BEEN
ROADBLOCKS BEFORE THE CURFEW.
BUT THE REACTION HAS JUST HIM
IN BOLD AND THOSE WHO ARE
PROTESTING. YOU KNOW, I REALLY
FEEL THAT IT A MEASURE THAT
I'M NOT ONLY IS THE PRESIDENT
SURELY DEEPLY REGRETTING, BUT
THAT IT MAY ACTUALLY BE A
TURNING POINT DOWNWARDS FOR
THIS GOVERNMENT.
>> ALL RIGHT. JOINS US NOW
LIVE IN STUDIO. YOU SAW A LOT
TO TALK ABOUT HERE. SO THE
PRESIDENT WHO HAS BEEN
DESCRIBED AS CENTER-LEFT HAS
HAD A REALLY ROUGH GO. YOU
MENTIONED THE 2 IMPEACHMENTS,
BUT YOU WERE JUST TELLING ME
THIS CURFEW ACTUALLY MADE
THINGS SO MUCH WORSE. IT'S
BEEN LIFTED NOW. ARE THINGS
ANY BETTER.
>> THEY'RE NOT. TOM, THAT'S
THE SHORT ANSWER AS CYNTHIA
FROM THE UNIVERSITY THERE IN
LIMA TOLD US THAT IS REALLY
JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO
DOWNHILL IN HER OPINION. SHE
DOES NOT EXPECT THINGS TO
QUIET DOWN. THEY HAVE NOT IN
THE LAST 24 HOURS. SHE IS
SPECIALLY DOES NOT EXPECT
THINGS TO QUIET DOWN FOR THE
SHE SAYS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN
CALLS FOR HIM TO RESIGN.
ALREADY NOT ONLY FOR MEMBERS
OF THE OPPOSITION, BUT FROM
MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT WHO
USED TO SUPPORT HIM, WHO FOR
HIM TO NOT GET IMPEACHED THE
LAST 2 TIMES WHO ARE NOW
SAYING THAT THEY'RE FED UP AND
THEY'RE GOING AGAINST HIM AS
CYNTHIA SAID THAT SHE SUSPECTS
THIS COULD POSSIBLY EVEN. AND
IN A 3RD IMPEACHMENT THAT
WOULD TRULY BE HISTORIC TIME
AGAIN. THAT WOULD BE THE 3RD
IMPEACHMENT IN LESS THAN A
YEAR, JUST CAME INTO OFFICE
LAST SUMMER. TOO EARLY TO TELL
RIGHT NOW. THAT'S HOW THIS
WILL END UP. BUT WE'LL BE
KEEPING A CLOSE EYE AND
IMPOSSIBLE TO PASS ANY TYPE OF
AGENDA. I DO WANT TO ASK YOU
WANT TO EXPLAIN TO OUR
VIEWERS, YOU'VE BEEN TRYING TO
GET IN CONTACT WITH THE PRU
GOVERNMENT. THE GOVERNMENT
THERE IMPROVE THE PROVING
GOVERNMENT AND THEY TOLD YOU
SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING
TODAY.
>> YEAH, TOM, THAT'S RIGHT. WE
DID REACH OUT TO THEM. WE
ASKED THEM ABOUT ALL OF AND
ALSO ABOUT THE CONCERNS OVER
THEM. VIOLATING HUMAN RIGHTS
AND THEIR RESPONSE. WHAT THEY
SAID IS THAT THEY WERE SO
SORRY THEY COULD NOT SPEAK TO
US TODAY BECAUSE THEY'RE
ACTUALLY ON THE ROAD TRAVELING
WITH THE PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW
GOING AROUND TRYING TO RESOLVE