AUTHORITIES in Peru unleashed a brutal crackdown on demonstrators continuing to protest against the coup against president Pedro Castillo in December last year.

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Peru’s capital on Tuesday and were met with volleys of tear gas and pellets just hours after President Dina Boluarte called for a “truce” after almost two months of protests.

The latest anti-government protest was the largest — and most violent — since last Thursday, when large groups of people, many from remote Andean regions, descended on the capital to demand Ms Boluarte’s resignation, immediate elections, the dissolution of Congress and the release from detention of Mr Castillo.