Peru president proposes moving up elections amid protests

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and FRANKLIN BRICEÑO
Associated Press

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s new president has given in to protesters demands, announcing in a nationally televised address a proposal to move up elections. The announcement from Dina Boluarte early Monday came after protests turned deadly as thousands of people took to the streets Sunday to demand her resignation. But her announcement did not placate protesters, particularly in rural areas. Hours after her address, demonstrators blocked access to an international airport in southern Peru and occupied its runway. Protesters are demanding new general elections to replace Boluarte and Congress, and they want the ex-president ousted last week, Pedro Castillo, to be released from custody. He is charged with rebellion.