Peru Protesters Threaten to Halt Antapaccay, Bambas: Republica
- Support grows among workers for national strike on Dec. 15
- Unions, organizations announce protests will continue Monday
Supporters of former President Pedro Castillo block the PanAmerican Highway in the town of La Joya, 1,000 kilometers south of Lima, on Dec. 9.
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Peru’s demonstrators have threatened to stop work at Glencore’s Antapaccay and MMG’s Las Bambas copper mines in protest against the country’s new president and to demand fresh general elections, according to La Republica.
The demonstrators in south Peru said every state company will stop working and that they’ll block roads.