PhotosIn Pictures: Cooking Gas Crisis Hits Peru As Anti-Government Protest Continues
In Pictures: Cooking Gas Crisis Hits Peru As Anti-Government Protest Continues
Freight deliveries have been significantly affected by anti-government protests blocking highways across the country.
Updated: 04 Feb 2023 1:53 pm
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Residents line up to buy propane gas for cooking in downtown Cusco, Peru. Gas delivery trucks have been affected by anti-government demonstrators blocking highways across the country, amid political turmoil over the removal of former President Pedro Castillo who was later arrested for trying to dissolve Congress.
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A vendor waits for tourists to sell handicrafts in downtown Cusco, Peru. Peru is facing a political crisis, with month-long protests that began after then-President Pedro Castillo was impeached and later arrested for trying to dissolve Congress on Dec. 7. Dina Boluarte, who was then vice president, took over.
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Leopolda Guevara, right, prays with his daughters, Marilia Guevara and Josefa Guevara, at the gravesite of Leopoldo's son Remo Candia Guevara, at the cemetery in Anta, Peru. Candia Guevara died during clashes with police in which protesters who are seeking President Dina Boluarte's resignation, closure of the Congress and the release of President Pedro Castillo who was ousted and arrested for trying to dissolve Congress in December.
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A Peruvian national flag is propped up against a wall next to a banner of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception during the wake of Remo Candia Guevara, in his family home in Anta, Peru.
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Yuri, 7, herds his family cows in Anta, Peru. Peruvians have found ways to manage their daily lives even as police and protesters clash across the country amid political turmoil over the removal of former President Pedro Castillo who was later arrested for trying to dissolve Congress.
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Residents buy breakfast after spending the night waiting in line to buy cooking propane gas, as they continue to wait in downtown Cusco, Peru.
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A woman carrying a baby holds empty propane gas containers for cooking, to b filled up in downtown Cusco, Peru.
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The side of a hill is marked with a message that reads in Spanish: "Dina Assassin", in reference to Peru's President Dina Boluarte, in Anta, Peru.
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Leopolda Guevara cries after praying at the gravesite of his 50-year-old son Remo Candia Guevara, in Anta, Peru.
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Residents line up to buy propane gas for cooking in downtown Cusco, Peru.