July 27, 2000
La Marcha de los Quatro Suyos, or the March of the Four Directions, began. About 20,000 demonstrators, from the four corners of Peru and many of whom had to travel by bus for several days, peacefully marched down the streets of Peru’s capital, Lima, to protest against President Alberto Fujimori’s illegal third term election. Peasants and city-dwellers alike shouted “¡Abajo la dictadura!” (“Down with Dictatorship!”) and paraded all day long. That evening, reportedly 100,000 demonstrators convened in the Paseo de la República, one of Lima’s principal avenues. Because of this and other events, Fujimori’ resigned in November
