Overview
- The municipality increased its festival budget to more than S/320,000 to reinforce cleaning, enforcement and crowd services.
- Authorities prohibited alcohol sales and advertising along the routes, with the mayor citing a rejected sponsorship proposal from a brewer.
- Police will deploy nearly 4,000 officers and activate 20 surveillance cameras, with road and venue monitoring coordinated across Puno and Juliaca.
- Logistics include four designated vendor zones, about 130 portable toilets, and a special traffic plan using the Pasaje Los Uros for access near the UNA stadium.
- Organizers confirmed operational rules and the schedule—competitions Jan. 31–Feb. 1 and Feb. 8, the central day Feb. 2, and street processions Feb. 9–10—while addressing developing tensions over proposed limits on Bolivian participation through administrative and diplomatic channels.