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16-01-2023, 09:06 AM
January 16, 20234:48 AM GMT+8 Last Updated 4 hours ago
By Marco Aquino
LIMA, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Peru has extended a state of emergency for another month in the capital city of Lima and two southern regions where deadly protests against the government have sparked the country's worst violence in 20 years.
Peru first announced a month-long, nationwide state of emergency in mid-December, shortly after demonstrations broke out over the ousting of former leftist President Pedro Castillo
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More than 40 people have died in violent clashes between protesters and security forces since early December.
The extended emergency measures signed by President Dina Boluarte late on Saturday, which grant police special powers and limit freedoms including the right to assembly, apply to Lima and the southern regions of Puno and Cusco.
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Protesters have demanded Boluarte step down, and that Castillo, who was arrested for "rebellion," be released.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/p...023-01-15/
By Marco Aquino
LIMA, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Peru has extended a state of emergency for another month in the capital city of Lima and two southern regions where deadly protests against the government have sparked the country's worst violence in 20 years.
Peru first announced a month-long, nationwide state of emergency in mid-December, shortly after demonstrations broke out over the ousting of former leftist President Pedro Castillo
......
More than 40 people have died in violent clashes between protesters and security forces since early December.
The extended emergency measures signed by President Dina Boluarte late on Saturday, which grant police special powers and limit freedoms including the right to assembly, apply to Lima and the southern regions of Puno and Cusco.
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Protesters have demanded Boluarte step down, and that Castillo, who was arrested for "rebellion," be released.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/p...023-01-15/
