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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Sebastian Castaneda

Peruvians protest surging gas and fertilizer prices amid Ukraine invasion

A burning tire serves as part of a blockade of a highway to Lima during a national transportation strike against gas prices and toll road rates, in Ica, Peru April 4, 2022. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda

Peruvians on Monday continued a wave of protests against a rapid surge in fuel and fertilizer prices triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as the Andean nation's government moved to try to lower prices.

Protesters near the southern city of Ica burned toll booths and clashed with police as protests spread from the Peruvian highlands to the coast.

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