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Lima’s ‘Generation Z’ March Ends Peacefully With Lower Turnout as Logistics Face Scrutiny

Officials and analysts now want the march’s financing investigated.

Overview

  • Police and city officials said the Oct. 4 demonstration in central Lima concluded without clashes or major damage, and vehicle traffic on Av. Abancay was later restored.
  • Turnout declined from prior rallies, as parties simultaneously position young candidates from the 18–29 cohort for the 2026 contests.
  • Live streams showed boxed dinners being distributed and police confiscating bottled water, intensifying questions about who provided food, supplies and other logistics.
  • The Generación Z collective denied organizing Saturday’s event and rejected claims of outside funding, while reporting that a protester identified as Rumi was wounded by a pellet.
  • A smaller follow-up gathering on Sunday centered near Plaza San Martín and the Palace of Justice, with authorities maintaining drone and camera monitoring and experts urging probes of organizers and financing.