Lima on Edge: Public Transportation Workers Strike Amid Surge in Crime

“How do I tell him that he will not see his father again?” Daniel Guillermo Suárez’s widow, the last driver killed by the criminal wave that has spread in Lima and Callao, said in a sob of his heart. On Tuesday, on Venezuela Avenue, the 25-year-old boy stopped at a red light and was suddenly attacked from a motorcycle. One of the shots hit him in the head and another pierced his chest. He died on the spot. Recently the bus company he worked for …

Peruvian transporters made a massive strike this Thursday in Lima and Callao in rejection of the criminal wave that affects the country. READ ALSO: Peru: University students demonstrate against insecurity in educational facilities The strike covered the routes that cover the northern and southern cones of Lima, as well as the lines that communicate the center of the capital with the port province of Callao. According to local media the stoppage …

Lima grinds to a halt as Peru's transit workers demand action against crime surge

LIMA (Reuters) - Public transportation workers in Peru's capital of Lima went on strike on Thursday, stranding tens of thousands of people as they marched to Congress demanding action against a surging crime wave that has led to record number…

Lima on Edge: Public Transportation Workers Strike Amid Surge in Crime

Lima on Edge: Public Transportation Workers Strike Amid Surge in Crime In a significant protest on Thursday, public transportation workers in Lima, the capital of Peru, initiated a strike, leaving tens of thousands stranded, as they demanded governmental action against an escalating crime wave. This surge in violence has resulted in unprecedented murder rates, causing disruptions across the city.The government has responded by urging businesses …

On Thursday, April 10, several transport companies joined the strike in Lima and Callao. This initiative was aimed at the State taking drastic measures to combat the hitman and extortion that has been directly affecting this important sector of the country. YOU CAN SEE: Stopping transporters in Lima and Callao: these lines participated in the paralysis on April 10 Will it be a non-workable day on Friday, April 11, following the strike of transpo…

By Martín Guerra, teleSURtv.net/ Latin American Summary, April 10, 2025. Pedro Castillo, strike master and president of Peru The use of strike as a measure of force dates back to the beginnings of forms of human exploitation in societies organized from work, but the strike as an forearm of transformation [...] La entrada Peru. President Pedro Castillo's political act and the defense of the right of an entire people was first published in Latin A…