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Reuters
Reuters
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By Alexander Villegas and Marco Aquino

Peru's 'forgotten people' rage against political elite after Castillo arrest

FILE PHOTO: A woman surrounded by police officers takes part in a protest after the government announced a nationwide state of emergency, following a week of protests sparked by the ousting of former President Pedro Castillo, in Lima, Peru December 15, 2022. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda

Leopoldo Huamani, 60, a farmer from Chalhuanca in southern Peru, traveled for three days to reach the capital Lima and march in support of ousted and jailed leader Pedro Castillo, whose fall has sparked deadly protests around the country.

Huamani is one of Peru's "forgotten" people, marginalized, rural groups Castillo tried to represent - often falling short - whose anger has been fired up by his arrest, threatening to derail a fragile new government and a reviled Congress.

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