The anti-government demonstrations that have broken out in the Peruas they have spread to several regions of the country, after the large gathering in the capital Lima.
The airport of Cusco, Peru’s tourist capital, reopened at noon on Friday. However, train services to and from Machu Picchu are still not operating. More than 300 tourists remain stranded in the area.
The death toll from the unrest since the new political crisis broke out in Peru on December 7 has reached 45.
The crisis once again highlights the huge gap between the capital’s political and economic elite and the poor provinces, where many support former president Pedro Castillo and saw his election victory as revenge for the contempt and racism experienced by the aborigines.
After Castillo’s ouster, arrest and pretrial detention, he was succeeded in the presidency by Dina Bolluarte. Many of her predecessor’s supporters, however, rose up and took to the streets, demanding the resignation of the new president (including accusing her of treason), the dissolution of Congress, the change of the Constitution and the release of Castillo.
Source: News Beast
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