Around 14 March 2025 (as reported), in Santo Tomas (Loreto), a group of parents of students at a local school carried out a demonstration by blocking the entrance of the institution, demanding an intervention from the regional government due to the deterioration of the infrastructure. The group denounced that despite the school being new, the building poses a risk for students due to the poor state of the construction.

Supply-chain Risk Briefing

Summary

On March 14, 2025, parents in Santo Tomás, Loreto Province, Peru held peaceful protests blocking school entrances over poor construction quality in new school buildings. This small-scale demonstration demanding local government intervention presents a low supply-chain risk level.

Supply-chain impact

• While Loreto Province serves as a petroleum and natural gas production hub in Peru's Amazon region, the current protests focus on educational infrastructure issues with no direct impact on energy resource production
• The small-scale protests in the Santo Tomás area have limited impact on nearby transportation networks or logistics flows
• Though related to construction industry issues, the narrow geographical scope results in minimal broader ripple effects on construction material supply chains

Watch points

• Need to track local government response and potential protest expansion
• Monitor potential impacts on energy facility accessibility if similar infrastructure complaint protests spread throughout Loreto Province