Riot police fire tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters in new unrest in Peru's capital as the nation's interior minister sees no end in sight to the tumult gripping the nation
The unrest has left 46 dead in the South American nation, and Interior Minister Vicente Romero forecasts no relief.
This crisis triggered by the ouster of leftist and Indigenous president Pedro Castillo early last month stems largely from a gaping inequity between Peru's urban elite and poor rural Indigenous people in the southern Andean region who saw him as one of their own and working to make their lives better.
After a mass rally last week in Lima, another is planned for Tuesday by protesters demanding the resignation of Boluarte, despite authorities calling a state of emergency. Protesters, many from poor Andean regions, are also demanding a new constitution, fresh elections and the dissolution of congress.
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