Around 14 March 2025 (as reported), in Arequipa (Arequipa), a group of parents of students at a local school in the Cerro Colorado district gathered outside the Local Education Authority Unit (Ugel) to demonstrate, demanding the dismissal of a teacher at the school. The group denounced the teacher sent inappropriate content to parents and assaulted a student.

Supply-chain Risk Briefing

1) Summary On March 14, 2025, parents held a peaceful protest in front of the Regional Education Office (UGEL) in the Cerro Colorado district of Arequipa, Peru, demanding the dismissal of a teacher. This was a small-scale local issue arising from protests against inappropriate teacher conduct, with limited direct impact on supply chains.

2) Supply-chain impact

• Regional logistics impact: Arequipa is a major commercial city in southern Peru, and with protests confined to the area around the education office in the Cerro Colorado district, minimal impact is expected on city-wide logistics or transportation
• Mining activities: No current impact on access routes to mining areas near Arequipa or mineral transportation - protest scale and location are separate from major transportation routes
• Port connectivity: No expected impact on logistics routes from Arequipa to Mollendo port

3) Watch points

• Potential protest expansion: Need to observe whether education-related grievances spread to other regions or develop into larger social issues
• Arequipa regional stability: Continued monitoring of overall social stability in Arequipa, a major economic hub in southern Peru