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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Peru imposes curfew to quell protests over rising prices

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Peru's President Pedro Castillo imposed a tight curfew on the capital and the country's main port in response to sometimes violent protects over rising prices of fuel and food.

Shortly before midnight, the president announced that people must largely stay in their homes all Tuesday, starting at 2 a.m., because of acts of violence, which had included four deaths over the past week, the burning of toll stations and small-scale looting.

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