Peru's newly installed President Dina Boluarte sent three ministers to Ica, one of the regions at the heart of recent protests on Monday, in an effort to placate public anger as families in nearby Ayacucho held funerals and mourned for the people killed in the unrest over the last fortnight.
The Andean country has been torn apart by protests since the Dec. 7 ouster and arrest of former leftist leader Pedro Castillo, hours after he tried to dissolve Congress to avoid an impeachment vote. At least 20 people have died - including many teenagers - with around half being from Ayacucho, the largely rural, impoverished and indigenous communities in the country's south.
The delegation, including the ministers of farming, development and housing, comes after days when many families in nearby Ayacucho held funerals for those who were killed in clashes with police and security forces. "In this crisis today where families are mourning and in pain, where basic public infrastructure is destroyed... I reiterate that dialogue is our main way to return to normality," Boluarte said in a speech at a naval school.
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