Overview
- The nationwide transport strike that had been scheduled for Tuesday, August 25 was lifted after talks with President Keiko Fujimori and transport representatives, and urban services are expected to run normally.
- The Executive announced two working groups to handle regulation and security and introduced a reported three-month 20% fuel subsidy that officials presented as immediate relief.
- The transport sector remains split: leaders such as Julio Rau Rau and José Quispe publicly rejected the stoppage and backed the government while Héctor Vargas, who led the original call, said he lifted the measure after learning of the agreements.
- Unions say the core grievances are rising extortion, hired killings and attacks on drivers and companies, and they also pressed for financial relief such as debt guarantees and longer loan terms for transport firms.
- Commentary notes a pattern of frequent transport strikes that have rarely solved criminal violence and warns this episode raises political pressure on Fujimori to produce visible security results rather than only short-term concessions.