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Gen Z Mobilizations Set in Peru and Mexico City as Security Tightens and Political Tensions Rise

Officials question who is behind the marches, prompting calls to safeguard youths' right to protest.

Overview

  • Peru’s Generación Z plans a national strike and central march in Lima on November 14, with concentration announced for Plaza Dos de Mayo in the evening.
  • The Peruvian National Police say a large deployment will protect the protest and report seizing more than 12,000 dynamite cartridges in Pucusana allegedly bound for the capital.
  • Mexico City’s Generación Z march is scheduled for November 15 at 11 a.m., moving from the Ángel de la Independencia along Reforma, Avenida Juárez, Eje Central and 5 de Mayo to the Zócalo, with recommended alternate routes issued by local authorities.
  • Morena Senate leader Adán Augusto López alleges businessmen Ricardo Salinas Pliego and Claudio X. González are behind the Mexico march, a claim not proven by the reporting.
  • Opposition PRI and PAN senators urge authorities to allow the demonstration, President Claudia Sheinbaum asks for investigators to identify organizers, and the group Somos México warns it will hold her responsible for any provocation or violence.