:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/LTZDALAFANEW3IWYAMGHSWNNPA.jpg "Plaza Vea clarifies that it will continue to operate in Puno despite looting and protests")
During the month of January, various private and public establishments were attacked by demonstrators demanding general elections for this year. Plaza Vea was one of the establishments that it has kept its facilities closed and that in recent days has generated speculation as to its stay in Puno. Last Friday, he specified that he would continue his operations in this region.
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Sutran reported 35 spots with traffic disruption on nine highways in this region.
The withdrawal of invoices from one of the establishments of the Peruvian supermarket in Juliaca alerted thousands of people, who did not hesitate to record and take photos of what happened, a fact that was accompanied by speculation, which went viral on social networks.
“Given the information circulating on the networks regarding the supposed definitive closure of our establishments in the city of Puno, we must point out that this is false. We ratify our commitment to the country”, reads the press release published by the aforementioned company.
As for why the name of the supermarket chain was removed from its facade, it was learned that it was part of its renovation and painting phase.
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Witnesses recall that the police response was so devastating that several of the dead did not even take part in the protests, but were hit by bullets. There are even three teenagers among the victims.
The false news of the departure of the Puno region of the supermarket chain has been propagated by some tiktokers and even by some people linked to Peruvian politics, as is the case of former congressman César Combina, who called the alleged departure from the company ” defeat for Puno”.
The departure of Plaza Vea is a defeat for Puno: a company that has created jobs and encouraged competition for better prices for consumers is leaving,” the publication reads. The misinformation was spread more than 1,000 times, according to the number of retweets made on Twitter.
Let us remember that during the first weeks of January of this year, the supermarket was looted, and the National Police of Peru (PNP) He managed to arrest around 40 people, including 32 men and 8 women. Items stolen from the store were washing machines, stoves, microwaves, clothing, toys, food and shoes.
The Altiplano region is one of the few to maintain its position against the continuity of government and the legislature. Seizure of routes and harangues are still maintained, although to a lesser extent. Over the past few days, the Leaders of Puno they said that the president To Boluarte She is a “public enemy” of the city, after the statements of the president.
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The community will apply this measure, eventually, to prevent them from “taking control of their cities”.
“History has called me and I am solving the country’s problems. I want to solve the Puno problem, we will go soon, when we come to a peaceful conversation, in the meantime, executive officials are there,” Boluarte said while in Lambayeque.
Hugo Yucra, leader of the Lake Ilave region, affirmed that the strike will continue, because he considers that a large number of people demand the departure of Dina Boluarte.
“Thousands of us went to Puno to demonstrate and made it clear that we are continuing our strike. Everything will be back to normal when he steps down, and the polls say it, they agree with us, 76% are calling for his immediate resignation,” Yucra said.