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Peru closes Machu Picchu airport as nationwide protests persist
4 years agoPolicemen patrol the Pan-American highway at La Joya as demonstrators hold a blockade to demand the resignation of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte in Arequipa, Peru on January 12, 2023. - Leftist groups announced mobilizations in Lima this Thursday to demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte and early elections, as part of the protests that left at least 42 dead in just over a month, with major outbreaks in Andean areas such as Cusco, a mecca of tourism whose airport closed for security. (Photo by Diego Ramos / AFP)
Rail and air links to Peru's famed Machu Picchu site had been cut early Friday after a flare-up in weeks-long protests that has killed dozens.