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Operations resume at Cusco airport which handles second-most air visitors within the Andean nation.
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The airport in Cusco, the gateway to the famed Machu Picchu website in southern Peru, has reopened after being shuttered over a flare-up in weeks-long protests which have killed dozens.
The reopening on Saturday got here after authorities on Thursday suspended operations as a preventative measures on the airport, which handles the second-most air visitors within the nation, after demonstrators tried to achieve the transportation hub.
In December, it suspended operations for 5 days.
Supporters of ousted president Pedro Castillo have marched and barricaded streets across the South American nation since December, demanding new elections and the removing of present chief Dina Boluarte.
The countrywide demonstrations have at instances turned violent and a minimum of 42 individuals have been killed in clashes with safety forces.
The variety of protest roadblocks in Peru in the meantime climbed on Saturday to 100, with blockages notably concentrated round Lima, transport authorities mentioned.
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‘I cannot resign’
Boluarte on Friday apologised for protest deaths however deflected taking duty, saying unhealthy actors had pushed residents into “confrontations” and that she had requested authorities examine.
She additionally rejected protesters demand that she step down, saying “I will not resign. My commitment is with Peru.”
On Tuesday, Peru’s prosecutor’s workplace mentioned it was opening a “genocide” investigation in opposition to Boluarte and different prime officers because of the deaths.
Boluarte took over on December 7 because the South American nation’s first lady president following the impeachment and arrest of Castillo after he tried to dissolve Congress and rule by decree.
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Source: AFP
