Peru has recently seen weeks of youth-fronted protests against government corruption. ‘Marching against corruption’Bus and taxi drivers joined the predominantly Gen-Z demonstrators in their march on the capital city of Lima. They were protesting against a series of corruption scandals centring on president Dina Boluarte, along with increasingly severe economic insecurity. There is widespread rejection of President Boluarte and her allies in Congress due to the growing authoritarianism that has been imposed in Peru. The past weeks’ protests were met with violent police repression.