On Saturday, Peru’s streets are once again bracing for protest. Young Peruvians are rallying in Lima and beyond against President Dina Boluarte, just a week after demonstrations turned violent and left police officers, protesters and journalists injured.

The flashpoint was a controversial pension reform law requiring all citizens above 18 to join a pension provider. But the anger runs deeper, tied to long-simmering resentment against Boluarte and a Congress seen as out of touch.

'A simmering discontent'

“There's been a low, simmering level of discontent in Peru, and it's been that way for quite some time,” said Jo-Marie Burt, a visiting professor at Princeton University who has studied Peruvian politics for decades.

That discontent is layered: corruption scandals, economic insecurity,

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