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Crisis-hit Peru expands state of emergency
4 years agoProtesters clash with the police during a demonstration against the government of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte in Lima on February 4, 2023. - Hundreds of protesters gathered at the accesses to Lima to attend a march this Saturday that they promise "will be the biggest" and "with all the blood", according to the organizers of the protests calling for the resignation of President Dina Boluarte and the closure of Congress. (Photo by ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP)
The government of Peru on Sunday expanded and prolonged a state of emergency to deal with a two-month-old revolt against President Dina Boluarte that has claimed 48 lives in clashes between protesters and security forces.