Peru unrest ebbs as stranded tourists escape chaos

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 19, 2022 12:18 am

CUSCO, Peru: Protests dwindled in intensity in Peru on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) and thousands of tourists trapped in the interior boarded planes to escape unrest as President Dina Boluarte again vowed that she would not step down.

Some 4,500 tourists, many of them European and North American, rushed to the international airport in Cusco to catch flights after being stranded much of the week by simmering political unrest.

GRIEF OUTPOURING People protest marching in the central Andean city of Ayacucho, Peru on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022 (December 18 in Manila), during the funeral of two students killed by long-range projectiles following clashes between protesters and police forces in an attempt to take over the city's airport on December 15. Peru's embattled President Dina Boluarte said Saturday she would not step down in the face of violent protests over her predecessor's ouster as she called on lawmakers to bring forward elections as a way to quell unrest. AFP PHOTO

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