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Demonstrators march with makeshift shields during a protest against President Dina Boluarte's government and Congress, in Arequipa, Peru, Wednesday, January 4, 2023
PROTESTERS returned to the streets of Peru on Wednesday to continue their opposition to the coup that ousted elected president Pedro Castillo.
Angry crowds used stones and burning tyres to barricade main roads in the southern regions of Puno, Cusco, Apurimac and Arequipa and in Junin in the centre, chanting demands for Dina Boluarte, the president appointed by the right-wing Congress, to relinquish power.
In the capital Lima, police dispersed dozens of people with tear gas as they tried to reach Congress, while in Arequipa, officers used tear gas against hundreds of demonstrators.
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