Gen Z is disrupting the globe.
The latest explosion is in Peru, where Gen Z—numbering in the hundreds—is colliding with police and law enforcement in the streets of the capital, Lima. Around 18 people have already been injured. Their gripe is similar to Nepal: the passing of a law. Except, unlike in Nepal, where it was a ban on social media that inflamed the digital-first generation, in Peru, it is a law passed in early September that forces youth to start contributing to the Pension Fund Administrator (AFP)—the country’s pension fund that uses private capital.
But what begins as a protest over one headache is quickly snowballing into something far bigger. In Peru, Gen Z is marching to demand change in government and an end to rampant corruption, bribery, and economic policies that the next generation believes are disenfranchising them.
Put simply, Gen Z wants to change how Peru works.
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