Andean Group - 11 January 2005
Ultra-nationalist militants rise up against Toledo
Peru's small southern municipality of Andahuaylas was the unexpected scene of a violent protest action on 1 January 2005 that ensured that this year will provide no more relief for the country's beleaguered president, Alejandro Toledo, than the previous one. An ultra-nationalist group seized a police station in Andahuaylas with the hope of triggering a national uprising that would sweep Toledo from power. The effort failed but only after six people had been killed. Further provincial unrest in 2005 is likely.
Peru's small southern municipality of Andahuaylas was the unexpected scene of a violent protest action on 1 January 2005 that ensured that this year will provide no more relief for the country's beleaguered president, Alejandro Toledo, than the previous one. An ultra-nationalist group seized a police station in Andahuaylas with the hope of triggering a national uprising that would sweep Toledo from power. The effort failed but only after six people had been killed. Further provincial unrest in 2005 is likely.
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