The Four Quarters March or Four Suyos March () 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 Kenji Fujimori Fujimori (26 July 1938 – 11 September 2024) was a Peruvian politician, professor, and engineer who served as the 54th president of Peru from 1990 to 2000.* * * * * * * Born in Lima, Fujimori was the country's fir ...

's third consecutive election as

president of Peru The president of Peru (), officially the constitutional president of the Republic of Peru (), is the head of state and head of government of Peru. The president is the head of the executive branch and is the supreme head of the Peruvian Armed ...

and its last day coincided with Fujimori's inauguration. The protests were led by

Alejandro Toledo Alejandro Celestino Toledo Manrique (; born 28 March 1946) is a Peruvian former politician who served as President of Peru, from 2001 to 2006. He gained international prominence after leading the opposition against president Alberto Fujimori, w ...

, Carlos Ferrero 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 Rjavins ...

, leaders of the Peruvian political party Perú Posible, 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, the Christian People's Party (PPC) and Acción Popular. 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 () 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 República''. It was given its current ...

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

. 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 Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...

''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, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (, ), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political, and military center of the empire was in the city of Cusco. The History of the Incas, Inca ...

. 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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