China News Service, April 5. According to foreign media reports, demonstrations have broken out across Peru in recent days due to soaring fuel and fertilizer prices.
Peruvian President Castillo announced a curfew on the capital Lima and the neighboring port city of Callao on the 5th.
Inflation in Peru hit a 26-year high in March, with fuel and food prices soaring, according to reports.
Even though the government abolished most fuel taxes last weekend and raised the minimum wage by about 10% to 1,205 sols (about 2,100 yuan) a month from May, truck and passenger drivers still took to the streets to demonstrate on the 4th .
Castillo said in a televised speech that the country's Council of Ministers approved a curfew from 2:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.