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Parents Occupy Quistococha School, Halt Classes to Demand Firm Reconstruction Date

Parents say recent flooding made classrooms unusable after years of unfulfilled promises.

Overview

  • Parents have taken over the campus in Quistococha and suspended attendance indefinitely until authorities provide a concrete start date and contingency plan.
  • Protesters blocked the Iquitos–Nauta road at kilometer 5, disrupting traffic as part of escalating actions to pressure regional officials.
  • Some parents chained themselves at the main entrance, and classes are fully suspended for roughly 1,500 primary and secondary students.
  • The school’s infrastructure shows severe damage with leaks and flooding, and temporary modular classrooms have also been rendered unusable by recent rains.
  • Demonstrators are demanding the presence and public commitment of Governor René Chávez, warning of a hunger strike, while no official timeline or financing plan has been presented by the Regional Government of Loreto.