15 Arrested as citizens rally on eve of Peru's National Day

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Peruvians marched to the street on Saturday to show their escalating dismay to the current government.
 
In a report by Al-Jazeera, 15 people were arrested Saturday night as around 500 riot police threw tear gas and water cannon to drive demonstrators away from the country's Congress building. 
 
Among those who participated were University students, union workers, government employees.
 
With a low approval rating of 33 percent and a National doctors' and nurses strike happening, Peruvian president Ollanta Humala is facing mass opposition to his proposed reforms. 
 
It includes laying off a large number of state workers, and the possibility of undercutting the autonomy of universities.
 
Protester Javier Torres says the public is unhappy with what the policies the Humala government is implementing.
 
The protests come on the eve of Peru's Independence Day celebration.
 
Flickr Photo by: Brian Holsclaw
 
STORY WRITTEN BY: SATURN DE LOS ANGELES