- Title: Peruvian teachers clash with police
- Date: 17th August 2017
- Summary: LIMA, PERU (AUGUST 16, 2017) (REUTERS) WATER CANNON BEING SPRAYED AT STRIKING TEACHERS DEMONSTRATING IN THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN LIMA DEMONSTRATING TEACHERS BEING SPRAYED BY WATER WATER CANNON TRUCK DRIVING DOWN STREET SPRAYING PROTESTERS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) STRIKING TEACHER, MARIA ROSALES, SAYING: "They pushed us. The police pushed us. The police pushed us because we didn't want to move. And on top of that, they sprayed us with water to make us move, but we haven't moved. We've stayed right here. This whole group of women." POLICE IN RIOT GEAR STANDING IN FORMATION ACROSS A NARROW STREET VARIOUS OF EDUCATION WORKERS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS CHANTING AS THEY DEMONSTRATE POLICE OFFICER RUNNING THROUGH CROWD WITH A TEAR GAS CANISTER IN HIS HAND POLICE OFFICERS CHASING AFTER DEMONSTRATORS POLICE CARRYING OFF A DEMONSTRATOR VARIOUS OF POLICE DETAINING A MAN VARIOUS OF TEAR GAS IN THE STREET RURAL TEACHERS IN LAYING ON THE GROUND WITH LINKED ARMS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, ROSA ALVAREZ, SAYING: "Help us, please! We are teachers. We're not terrorists. We are peacefully fighting for our rights." POLICE USING SHIELDS TO PUSH DEMONSTRATORS VARIOUS AERIALS OF EDUCATION DEMONSTRATORS GATHERED IN THE DOWNTOWN PLAZA SAN MARTIN
- Embargoed: 31st August 2017 02:57
- Keywords: Peru teachers protest clashes education
- Location: LIMA, PERU
- City: LIMA, PERU
- Country: Peru
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA0016UJMVK3
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Clashes broke out as thousands of teachers and education workers took to the streets of Lima on Wednesday (August 16) in demands of salary increases.
Police in riot gear used water cannon to spray teachers and tear gas to break up crowds as the striking teachers made their way through the city.
Teachers in Peru have been demonstrating for weeks to demand better pay, and the Peruvian Education Workers' Union (Sutep) has called on President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski to fulfil a campaign promise to do just that.
Teachers and supporters marched through Lima and several other regions of the country. The demonstrators in Lima made their way through the capital city before they were blocked from reaching the congressional building.
The standoff with educators, in addition to protests from doctors and public workers, has helped drag Kuczynski's approval rating to just 29 percent; the lowest level since he took office in July 2016. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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