after signing an agreement with the National Front of Carriers and Heavy Cargo Drivers on 3 April 2022. Inflation of basic goods alongside increasing fertilizer and fuel prices as a result of
international sanctions on Russia angered rural Peruvians, shifting them from their position of supporting Castillo to protesting his government. UGTRANM leader Geovani Rafael Diez Villegas himself owed the
Superintendencia Nacional de Administración Tributaria (SUNAT) thousands of soles. UGTRANM's Diez Villegas on 2 April announced a national
general strike to occur on 4 April. The move, however, had little effect on transportation workers who often labor in Peru's large
informal economy of nearly 70%. Transportation stoppages were reported in the departments of
Amazonas,
Ica,
Lima,
Piura,
San Martín and
Ucayali. In the Department of Ica, the looting of stores was reported while protesters burned toll booths on the
Pan-American Highway. In Lima, one individual died in an ambulance blocked by protesters while protesters in
San Juan de Lurigancho clashed with police and transport workers who did not comply with the general strike. The
National Police responded to the closure of the Central Highway in the
Pachacámac District, firing tear gas at 250 protesters who clashed with police. Some Peruvians awoke surprised on 5 April, not knowing that a full-day curfew had been announced by Castillo, causing transportation conflicts for those in the capital. At noon, various
cacerolazos were heard in various districts of Lima. Intense protests continued on 6 April, with clashes occurring throughout the department of Ica and reports of one dead and eleven injured while protesting on the Pan-American Highway near the
Salas District in the morning. Two others were killed in the
San Juan Bautista District. During the fierce rioting in Ica, reporters and police were attacked by protesters while two police officers were kidnapped. UGTRANM leader Diez Villegas stated that in the two previous days of protests, "no public transport, tourist, taxi and even motorcycle taxi services would provide their transfer services to Peruvians" and that 140,000 transportation workers participated in the strike to paralyze Lima. At the meeting, Castillo stated "In Peru, freedom of protest and demonstration must be a fact and a leader must never be persecuted." Protests in support and against Castillo occurred outside the Wanka Coliseum during the event. On 9 April, President Castillo presented a constitutional amendment proposal to reform Article 61 of the Peruvian constitution, sharing plans on what he said would ban "monopolies, oligopolies, hoarding,
speculation or price agreements, as well as the abuse of dominant positions in the market" in order to establish a
social market economy. Despite a truce between the government and some groups, unions in Cusco began protests on 18 April demanding the lowering of prices and the rewriting of the Peruvian constitution, resulting with hundreds of tourists being stranded in some areas. On 5 November 2022, thousands of opponents of the government marched through the capital's center to call for the removal of President Pedro Castillo. == Reactions ==