Lima, October 14 (RHC)-- In Peru, riot police cracked down on a diverse group of protesters against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in downtown Lima, with university student collectives, labor unions, health-based groups, leftist political parties, Indigenous communities, cultural movements, neighborhood associations, feminists and environmentalists all taking part.
The march, which was the latest in over a dozen major protests in the Peruvian capital over the past year, faced tear gas and heckling from police as they denounced the neo-liberal policies that will see the vulnerable populations suffer the most.
There are a number of issues being raised by citizens protesting the TPP including opposition to monopoly rights on medicines: opposition to the protection of genetically-modified foods, opposition to the degradation of environmental standards and opposition to potential mechanisms that would force the state to relinquish its sovereignty to international courts for commercial disputes.
Peruvians Face Riot Police as They March Against the TPP
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