The Four Quarters March or Four Suyos March ( es, Marcha de los Cuatro Suyos) was a popular mobilization and later riots held in Peru on July 26, 27 and 28, 2000. The march was organized in opposition of

Alberto Fujimori Alberto Kenya Fujimori Inomoto ( or ; born 28 July 1938) is a Peruvian politician, professor and former engineer who was President of Peru from 28 July 1990 until 22 November 2000. Frequently described as a dictator, * * * * * * he remains a ...

's third consecutive election as president of Peru and its last day coincided with Fujimori's inauguration. The protests were led by Alejandro Toledo,

Carlos Ferrero Carlos Ernesto Fernando Ferrero Costa (born 7 February 1941) is a Peruvian politician who served as congressman as a member of Perú Posible representing Lima from 1995 until 2006 and also served as the President of the Congress from late-2000 ...

and

David Waisman David Waisman Rjavinsthi (born 4 May 1937) is a Peruvian politician who served as the Second Vice President of Peru from 2001 to 2006. He also served as Congressman from 2000 to 2011. Early life Son of Natan Waisman Reines and Blima Rjavin ...

, leaders of the Peruvian political party

Perú Posible Possible Peru ( es, Perú Posible) was a Peruvian political party. It was founded in 1994 by Alejandro Toledo with the original name of Possible Country ( es, País Posible). History Possible Peru has its roots in an earlier political party, P ...

, and seconded by various social movements, anti-Fujimorist sectors, parties mostly of the left but also of social democracy, center and democratic right such as

APRA APRA or Apra may refer to: Places *Apra, Punjab, a census town city in Jalandhar District of Punjab, India * Apra Harbor, the main port of Guam Acronyms * American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana), a Peruvi ...

, the Christian People's Party (PPC) and

Acción Popular ''Acción Popular'' may refer to: * Popular Action (El Salvador), a political party in El Salvador * Popular Action (Peru), a centrist and social liberal party * Popular Action (Spain) Popular Action ( es, Acción Popular), until 1932 National Act ...

. In the case of the PPC and APRA, who from days before, with their bases in Metropolitan Lima, were preparing the environment, they took to the streets on July 27 together with the protestors and congregated in the

Paseo de los Héroes Navales The Promenade of the Naval Heroes ( es, Paseo de los Héroes Navales) is a public park located in the Historic Centre of Lima, historic centre of Lima. It occupies the first block of the ''Vía Expresa Luis Fernán Bedoya Reyes, Paseo de la Repúb ...

until late at night of that day. The reason for this massive march was the accusation of fraud that surrounded the third consecutive election of

as president of Peru. This march, and what happened in the Plaza San Martín and its surroundings from 9 in the morning until after 5 in the afternoon represented the wearing down of the government of Alberto Fujimori. The march's name comes from the Quechua ''Suyu'', a term for a region from where the term ''Tawantinsuyu'' (four regions) comes from, the latter being a description of the four parts of the

Inca Empire The Inca Empire (also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire), called ''Tawantinsuyu'' by its subjects, (Quechua for the "Realm of the Four Parts", "four parts together" ) was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The admin ...

. It also represented the four points from which the protestors would march into the center of Lima.

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{{reflist 20th-century riots Protests in Peru 2000 in Peru History of Lima Political history of Peru Fujimorism

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