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By Brendan O'Boyle and Mariana Sandoval

Peru protests strand sick, hungry tourists in remote town

Tourists stand next to a bus as they became stranded over ongoing protests against the arrest of former President Pedro Castillo, in Checacupe, Cusco region, Peru December 13, 2022 in this still picture obtained from a social media video. Wilmaris Villarroel/via REUTERS

Protests triggered by Peru's developing political crisis have stranded dozens of tourists, including children, in a remote mountain town for over 48 hours as locals refuse passage to Bolivia, a member of the group told Reuters.

About six buses and 60 people became stranded in the Andean town of Checacupe, in Peru's Cusco region, in the early hours of Dec. 13, said Wilmaris Villarroel, a Costa Rican-Venezuelan alpinist whose bus was stopped en route to La Paz, Bolivia.

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