Overview
- The regional strike began on Wednesday, September 16, with union and community groups holding mobilizations and blockades in Iquitos and provinces including Yurimaguas, Contamana, Datem del Marañón, Ramón Castilla and Requena.
- Organizers and local reporting put adherence at about 90 percent across many provinces, producing major disruptions to river transport, fuel sales, markets and some schools.
- Protesters center their demands on rising fuel costs that squeeze mototaxi and river transport incomes, repeated electricity outages they blame on Electro Oriente, and the advance and contamination from illegal mining.
- The national Ministry of Energy and Mines reported up to a 75 percent fall in navigability on key river routes due to seasonal low water and announced plans to restructure Electro Oriente to strengthen supply.
- State bodies have deployed National Police and sent oversight officials to urge peaceful protest, but leaders say no high‑level Executive commission with decision‑making power has yet arrived and the mesa de diálogo remains their key unresolved demand.