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Peru imposed curfew orders in parts of the country to try to contain violent demonstrations as clashes between protesters and police in the southern city of ...

In recent years, Peru has been no stranger to political turmoil. It currently is on its sixth president in seven years — or should still be on its fifth, ...

It currently is on its sixth president in seven years — or should still be on its fifth, according to the crowds whose protests led to a declaration of a state of emergency in mid-December. They took to the streets after a day in which President Pedro Castillo declared congress dissolved only to be swiftly impeached by it and jailed after he tried to flee to the Mexican embassy. Many of his problems were self-inflicted: He changed his cabinet members about 80 times in his brief time in office, less than 17 months.

LIMA, Peru — (AP) — It might be the world's shortest political honeymoon. Almost since the moment last week when Dina Boluarte took over from the ousted ...

“They see this as repudiation of who they are,” said Cynthia McClintock, a political science professor at George Washington University who has studied Peru extensively. Boluarte took over for Castillo after the president sought to dissolve Congress ahead of lawmakers' third attempt to impeach him. He wore ponchos and sandals made of rubber. “The only thing I can tell you sisters and brothers (is) to keep calm. Castillo draped himself with symbols of Peru's rural, Indigenous areas. They have burned police stations, obstructed Peru's main highway and stranded hundreds of foreign tourists by blocking access to airports.

Driving the news: Americans, Europeans, South Americans and Peruvians are among those unable to leave the ancient city as train service, which is the primary ...

Exercise increased caution due to civil unrest." [Political crisis deepens as protests rock Peru](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/13/protests-peru-castillo-boluarte-congress-crisis) [Peru's new president proposes early elections amid deadly protests](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/12/peru-protest-unrest-demonstrators-demand-elections) [President Dina Boluarte](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/08/dina-boluarte-peru-first-woman-president-castillo-arrested)and the immediate scheduling of general elections to pick a new president and members of Congress, Axios' TuAnh Dam reports. [state of emergency](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/15/peru-state-of-emergency-deadly-protests) in response to [deadly protests](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/13/protests-peru-castillo-boluarte-congress-crisis) sparked by the ousting of former President [Pedro Castillo](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/07/peru-president-castillo-removed-congress), [CNN reports](https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/machu-picchu-tourists-stranded-amid-protests/index.html). [remain in custody](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/15/peru-state-of-emergency-deadly-protests)for 18 months after authorities requested time to build their rebellion case against him. [Peru travel advisory](https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/peru-travel-advisory.html)Thursday, warning, "Reconsider travel due to crime.

As Peru explodes in protest with supporters of its former president taking to streets, lawmakers on Friday rejected a constitutional reform that is needed ...

Peru’s legislative body is already viewed with skepticism by the public. The ongoing protests have also stranded hundreds of tourists after Peru’s railway operator suspended trains to the area. So far however, lawmakers have appeared resistant to change.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday criticized a state of emergency imposed in Peru to tackle violent protests and slammed the U.S. ...

Still, an opinion poll published this week by Mexican newspaper El Financiero said 52% of Mexicans opposed giving Castillo asylum, with only 37% in favor. "It may even be (U.S. Secretary of State Antony) Blinken of the State Department doesn't know about it, and it was down to the embassy," Lopez Obrador said. Peru's state of emergency has granted police special powers and imposed limits on civic freedoms. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story Lopez Obrador described the Andean nation as being in a "state of siege."

Education and culture ministers resign following ongoing unrest that has seen at least 17 people killed.

The protests continued Friday, with key roads blockaded and airports forced to close. The death of compatriots has no justification. “This morning I presented my letter of resignation from the position of education minister.

LIMA - Peru's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered ousted president Pedro Castillo to remain in detention for another 18 months after his arrest last week, which ...

Singaporeans travelling to or residing in Peru should take all necessary precautions for their personal safety. Castillo says he fought against the Maoist guerrillas. Thousands rally daily nationwide despite a state of emergency, including in the capital Lima on Thursday. The detention order extends to June 2024. Castillo has called his arrest unjust and arbitrary and called on the security forces to “stop killing” protesters. Castillo was removed from office and detained after he tried to dissolve the legislature and announced he would rule by decree, in what opponents say was a bid to dodge an impeachment vote amid several corruption probes.

Top politicians and church leaders seek to end deadly protests over the ousting of President Pedro Castillo.

The mayor of Cusco told AFP news agency that about 5,000 tourists are stranded in the city after the airport there closed when protesters tried to storm the terminal. Footage on social media showed protestors blocking main roads and airports. However, his plan backfired and Congress instead voted overwhelmingly to impeach him.

Protesters demand the release of ousted president Pedro Castillo, the resignation of his successor Dina Boluarte, and pedrofresh elections.

Human rights groups said 147 people have been detained. "A state of emergency does not remove the protection of the right to life," she added. Around 200 mostly American and European tourists have left the town on foot along the train tracks in a bid to reach the town of Ollantaytambo, 30 kilometers away, from where they would be able to take a train to Cusco. "There are 5,000 tourists stranded in the city of Cusco, they are in their hotels waiting for flights to restart," Darwin Baca, mayor of the nearby town of Machu Picchu, told AFP. Several airports around the country have been closed, including the international terminal in Cusco, which acts as the gateway city to the jewel of Peruvian tourism, the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. Peru's Congress on Friday rejected a move to bring forward elections as deadly protests left thousands of tourists stranded in the gateway city to Machu Picchu.

CUSCO, Peru: Peru's Congress on Friday (Dec 16) rejected a move to bring forward elections as deadly protests left thousands of tourists stranded in the ...

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The political crisis in Peru has left 5,000 tourists stranded since Wednesday in Cusco, the gateway to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu.

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. Trains were halted Tuesday to and from Machu Picchu, which is experiencing food shortages. The hike is not two hours, it is 8 to 10 hours,” Machu Picchu's Mayor Darwin Baca told local media.

Almost 300 tourists are stuck in Machu Pichu, an ancient city in Peru, due to the emergency created because of their presidents ousting.

The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). Thus, the Mayor wants the locals to end this protest as soon as possible, and he has discussed the issue with PeruRail operates the train service in the southern and southeastern regions of Peru. Peru mainly thrives on tourism, and this ongoing protest has reduced the local economy, which has led to a food shortage. So, they have requested the Government to arrange a helicopter to rescue these travellers from the city. [Peru](/topic/peru), [Pedro Castillo](/topic/pedro-castillo), was accused and arrested.

LIMA: Peru's embattled President Dina Boluarte said on Saturday (Dec 17) she would not step down in the face of violent protests over her predecessor's ...

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Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, who has said she is leading a transitional government, urged the country's Congress to pass a proposal to bring forward ...

Some members of Congress have called for the legislature to reconsider the proposal. She also dismissed calls for a constitutional assembly, saying it was "not the time." Since then, protests have broken out across the country, and at least 17 people have been killed.

Dina Boluarte asks Congress to sign off on early elections as she refuses to resign despite the worsening protests.

She was the running mate of the outsider Castillo in his shock victory last year. “Today the Peruvian people are in mourning … “Look at the people and take action in line with what they are asking.

Dina Boluarte assumed the presidency after Pedro Castillo tried to illegally dissolve Congress and was arrested.

“Today, the Peruvian people are in mourning … “We want the immediate closure of Congress; we want the resignation of Dina Boluarte,” said Rene Mendoza, a protester at the border with Bolivia. On Friday, Peru’s Congress rejected the proposed constitutional reform to move elections forward to December 2023.

Peru's government nears collapse as protesters angry over the president's ouster face off against police and the military.

That alliance has become a feature of Peruvian politics over the past 17 months, as the two sides found common ground in blocking anticorruption measures. But even that would likely fail to calm the unrest. Boluarte’s resignation would also preempt any attempt at political reform to ensure that the next election yields more sustainable results. The chances of de-escalation appeared to diminish Friday when lawmakers rejected Boluarte’s proposal to hold an early general election. “It justifies the use of violence against them. Some of the protests have been violent. It was also a repudiation of us.” Nahuinche said: “I think the president was under duress when he read that statement. “Castillo is our president, elected by humble, working people from the countryside. The violence prompted two ministers to resign Friday from Boluarte’s government. Protesters have stormed several regional airports, looted businesses and blocked roads, primarily in the impoverished mountain regions of the Andean nation. “The impeachment wasn’t just a repudiation of Castillo.

Former President Pedro Castillo is in jail. That's nothing new in Peruvian politics.

Many of those he put into high-level government positions were political allies with no relevant experience; some were under investigation for serious crimes like domestic violence and murder, according to the [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/07/world/americas/peru-pedro-castillo-coup.html). Castillo also went through a dizzying number of cabinet switch-ups, cycling through about [80 different ministers during his 16-month tenure](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/07/world/americas/peru-pedro-castillo-coup.html). [Fujimori](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alberto-Fujimori), too, [was democratically elected](https://apnews.com/article/politics-peru-caribbean-government-and-ee258b8b8495c9ae06a43f6d3c906a7a), but seized power in much the same way Castillo intended to — with the backing of the military he dissolved congress, declared a state of emergency, and rewrote the constitution in 1993, an amended version of which Peru still uses today. [Castillo](https://apnews.com/article/latin-america-peru-discrimination-government-and-politics-33f5b1ab4358a3a7a89014f3a817800b) was Peru’s first campesino president, the child of illiterate farmers and a former farmer, teacher, and union leader in whom many of Peru’s rural population saw themselves represented. Castillo and some of his family members are facing [six separate corruption investigations](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/perus-castillo-says-opponents-trying-blow-up-democracy-with-impeachment-trial-2022-12-06/), though he has denied wrongdoing. However, it’s likely a positive sign that Castillo had so little support to carry out his attempted power grab; “He did it alone; no one accompanied him in his most recent anti-democratic drift, not his cabinet, not the army, and not his supporters,” Rodriguez wrote. [quickly denounced Castillo](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/07/world/americas/peru-pedro-castillo-coup.html), who came to power by popular vote last year, while the nation’s highest court declared Castillo’s plan unconstitutional and much of his cabinet resigned. [right to free movement within the country and to assembly](https://www2.congreso.gob.pe/sicr/RelatAgenda/constitucion.nsf/constitucion/6FB258E38A13F1A40525672A004F862F) amid the ongoing unrest. [protested against his response to inflation just this year](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/peru-inflation-protests-grip-tourist-capital-cuzco-gateway-machu-picchu-2022-04-19/). [Rural protests](https://apnews.com/article/politics-peru-caribbean-covid-6921c3c8bcf95f654b70d8de39dfc550) have been particularly violent, as protesters demand new elections and for Boluarte to step down. There have been [multiple coups](https://www.britannica.com/place/Peru/Government-and-society) as well as a dictatorship throughout the 1990s under former President Alberto Fujimori, who is now in prison for gross human rights violations, including operating anti-communist death squads. Dina Boluarte, the South American nation’s sixth president in seven years, [is now struggling to maintain control](https://apnews.com/article/politics-peru-caribbean-pedro-castillo-f087a89f7ef0c7c64d6cdf0bc872cfc6) in a political environment where chaos and corruption are the norm.

Peru has been gripped by protests and political intrigue since the ouster of its former president, Pedro Castillo, earlier this month. The Andean nation is ...

"I think these protests are out of this exacerbation people have." For now, the unrest seems likely to continue. Supporters of Castillo had been calling for his reinstatement or at least new elections. Some analysts say Peru's broader political unrest requires deeper solutions. "This should not have happened," one pro-Castillo demonstrator told CBC's The National. "He was kidnapped. "We feel the safest when we are at the hotel and we don't go very far," Canadian tourist Jennifer Korver told The National from Arequipa, a hotbed of unrest in the country's south. The United Nations and the Organization of American States have both accepted the transition as legitimate and have recognized the new government, CBC's More than 3,900 Canadians were in the country as of Friday, and many have been unable to leave. The UN, however, has expressed "deep concern" over reports of deaths during protests and the detention of minors involved in demonstrations. Canada, the European Union and the United States have backed the new government and criticized Castillo. Supporters of the former union leader say he was unjustly removed and imprisoned by the country's political establishment, arguing he should be allowed to continue governing or new elections should be held.

But the new president said she would not resign as demanded by protesters because she doesn't believe it would solve the political crisis.

[tourists remain stranded](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/16/tourists-stranded-machu-picchu-protests-peru) in Machu Picchu after Boluarte's government declared a [state of emergency](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/15/peru-state-of-emergency-deadly-protests) in response to the protests. [Dina Boluarte](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/08/dina-boluarte-peru-first-woman-president-castillo-arrested), called on the country's Congress on Saturday to approve early elections in order to halt [deadly protests](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/15/peru-state-of-emergency-deadly-protests), [BBC reports](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-64009544). [predecessor Pedro Castillo](https://www.axios.com/2021/07/20/peru-pedro-castillo-president-elect) was arrested for attempting to dissolve Congress, said she would not give in to protesters' demands and resign because she doesn't believe it will solve the political crisis.

CUSCO: Peru's embattled President Dina Boluarte said on Saturday (Dec 17) she would not step down in the face of violent protests over her predecessor's ...

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It's only a week until Christmas, and Mechelle Lutsko is holding onto hope that her daughter, one of the hundreds of tourists stranded in Peru, ...

"You can start to see the panic in some." "I love Christmas and my kids and wife," the father of two said. His plan after that would be getting transportation to the airport. "This is our chance to see and spend time with her," Lutsko said. Next week, Lutsko is expecting family to arrive from out of town for the holidays. The employees locked the doors and encouraged everyone to hunker down, Spellman told her mom.

Companies launch operation to escort dozens trapped near Machu Picchu to city of Cusco, as protesters demand release of ousted president.

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The Department of Foreign Affairs confirms 171 Australians have so far contacted its embassy in Lima seeking assistance as tourists become stranded near ...

On Friday, Peru's Congress rejected the proposed constitutional reform to move elections forward to December 2023. "A nationwide state of emergency and local curfews have been imposed," the warning reads. - A state of emergency and curfews have been imposed in response to protests against the ousting of the country's former president

Australian tourists have described how they became trapped in various cities in Peru after local protesters blocked off roads, train tracks, ...

Peru is under a state of emergency amid protests that have so far led to the deaths of 17 Peruvians. Ms O'Beirne said Cusco airport was "chaos" and they were not letting anyone into the airport without a boarding pass, as "thousands" of tourists were trying to leave but have been unsuccessful in booking flights. "We kept receiving word of people who were trying to drive out of the town, encountering these barriers, and the protesters assaulting the vehicles, and in some cases, slashing tires or removing tires entirely from vehicles, and sending people back to the town," he told SBS News. "So really cutting off access, both in and out of the town, restricting movement of food, water supplies, and we were stuck there for four days." More than 170 Australians have contacted Australia's embassy in Lima for help, with many of those in the city of Cusco and Machu Picchu, where transport options are limited, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said in a statement to SBS News. But his group became trapped for four days in the city of Ollantaytambo after being advised to stay put because protesters were blocking off roads and setting up barriers out of the town.