Overview
- Tuesday night into Wednesday, CGTP Loreto, the provincial drivers' union and allied social groups launched a 48‑hour regional strike that installed blockades on the Iquitos–Nauta highway and in other parts of Iquitos, with organizers saying more than 60 unions and transport groups took part.
- CGTP secretary general Reinaldo Tuanama told the press he had suspended the strike after meeting Senator Juan Carlos del Águila and securing a commitment for a Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros (PCM) delegation to arrive in Iquitos to open formal talks on August 26.
- Hours later, local CGTP bases publicly rejected any lifting of the paro, ordered the blockades to remain and announced a march from Plaza 28 de Julio at 3 p.m., leaving the situation contested and unresolved on the ground.
- Protesters are pressing three concrete demands: that fuel support reach all transporters through gas stations rather than a narrowly targeted subsidy, that Iquitos be connected to the national grid to stop repeated outages blamed on Genrent, and that authorities take stronger measures to stop illegal mining in river basins.
- If the split continues, road and river transport and local commerce could face extended disruption, and the PCM dialogue table will need to bridge the gap between union leadership and rank‑and‑file bases to produce enforceable commitments.