Latin America, Peru — Significant news

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Winter season 2022

• 19.12.2022

  

  The Ultra Peru 2023 electronic music festival will take place for the first time on 22 April.

  <p>Tickets go on sale from 19 December. The venue is the San Marcos Stadium.</p>

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• 19.12.2022

  

  Demonstrators block the land border of Desaguadero (between Peru and Bolivia).

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• 19.12.2022

  

  Cusco airport has reopened after being closed due to protests in Peru.

  <p>Flights are operating normally.</p>

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• 16.12.2022

  

  The Peruvian government imposes a 5-day curfew in 15 cities due to protests.

  <p>From 7 p.m. to 4 a.m., it is necessary to stay home.</p>

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• 16.12.2022

  

  Measures have been taken to prevent protests at Jorge Chávez airport, Peru’s main airport.

  <p>Only passengers with airline tickets are allowed in.</p>

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  • Jorge Chávez airport (LIM)
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• 15.12.2022

  

  A team of Japanese and Peruvian archaeologists has discovered 168 new geoglyphs in the Nazca Valley, Peru.

  <p>The 100 BC images show people, camels, birds and snakes.</p>

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• 13.12.2022

  

  Protesters invade Arequipa airport in Peru.

  <p>All flights have been cancelled. One person has been killed.</p>

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• 13.12.2022

  

  In Peru, protests have halted trains to the republic’s main attraction, the lost Inca city of Machu Picchu.

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• 13.12.2022

  

  A state of emergency is declared in Peru.

  <p>The president has postponed presidential elections until April 2024. Protests continue. Seven dead and one injured.</p>

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• 12.12.2022

  

  In Apurímac, Peru, protesters take 50 hostages and set fire to the airport.

  <p>Against the backdrop of a political crisis, protesters demand new elections. Andahuaylas airport is closed.</p>

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• 08.12.2022

  

  President Pedro Castillo (Peru) dissolved Congress and called for new elections.

  <p>Congress rejected the decision and dismissed the president for breaking the law. Castillo was detained at a police station. Dina Boluarte, Peru’s first female president, became the new president.</p>

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• 06.12.2022

  

  ATSA Airlines (Peru) has started offering a service for transporting pets on board.

  <p>You can only take a dog or a cat.</p>

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• 02.11.2022

  

  Coronavirus restrictions have been lifted in Peru.

  <p>Vaccination and test are not necessary.</p>

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