Demonstrators have threatened to stop work at Glencore’s Antapaccay and MMG’s Las Bambas copper mines in protest against Peru's new president.
and MMG’s Las Bambas copper mines in protest against the country’s new president and to demand fresh general elections, according toThe demonstrators in south Peru said every state company will stop working and that they’ll block roads. Unions and social organizations in Arequipa, the country’s second-most populous city, have announced protests will continue.
Since Boluarte doesn’t have a party in congress, she is at risk of being ousted before her term expires in 2026. She is the nation’s sixth leader since the start of 2018.
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