Shortly before midnight, Peru’s President announced that people must largely stay in their homes all Tuesday, starting at 2 a.m., because of acts of violence
Peru’s President Pedro Castillo imposed a tight curfew on the capital and the country’s main port in response to sometimes violent protests over rising prices of fuel and food.
He said violence and highway blockades had caused “worry among workers, mothers and the population in general” and imposed the curfew to “re-establish peace and internal order.” The decree exempted essential services such as food markets, pharmacies, clinics and trash collection. The measure was similar to the most restrictive lockdowns imposed against the COVID-19 pandemic.
That supposedly brought the price of diesel down to 47 cents a litre – about $1.78 a gallon. But many of the protesters said stations had adopted the lower prices.
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