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Congress has rejected multiple bills for early elections, a key demand by protesters, including shelving a proposal by President Dina Boluarte on Friday. A wave of protests, the worst violence in Peru in two decades, have left 48 dead in clashes and threatened to destabilize one of region's most reliable economies.

The riots that have left 48 people dead in Peru since last December are a reflection of the huge rift between the capital and the Andes, where most of the protesters who are demanding the resignation of the president and new elections reside.

The Chachapoyas were long considered the fiercest warriors of the Andes. Recent archaeological discoveries paint a completely different ...

With South America’s fifth-largest economy paralyzed by highway roadblocks, Peru finds itself at an agonizing political impasse.

Cilantro, uh, but its long leaves and its -- >> anthony: uh-huh. >> eric: -- much more powerful in flavor. >> anthony: it would be wrong to not point out that peru, along with brazil, is at the forefront of a movement celebrating the incredible and unique larder of ingredients from the andes and the amazon. flavors you find no place else on earth. there seems to be a lot of interest in the last decade in the amazon because its an amazing -- >> pedro: and youre right. >> anthony: -- spectrum of e...

Eric and i are heading to the maranon canyon, eight hours by car from chiclayo, well into the andean highlands. ♪ on the way, we stop for lunch and to meet up with this guy. >> eric: uh, you want a sopa de gallina? >> anthony: gallina, si. >> eric: sopa de -- >> chris: si. >> eric: tres sopas de gallina, por favor. >> anthony: chris curtin, master chocolatier, and our business partner in this knuckleheaded adventure. >> anthony: one of lifes great joys, eating at a peruvian market. >> eric: i ...

Flounder, dressed with pecans, lime, aji limon, and sesame oil, which, clearly, eric likes. >> eric: ah, this is totally going to le bernardin. >> anthony: oh, really? >> eric: yeah. >> anthony: yeah, i see youre not like, foraging in the catskills for your inspiration. >> eric: um -- >> anthony: you basically just rip your ideas off of small businessmen? >> eric: javier. es stupdendo. >> javier: its okay, tres bien? >> eric: si. its -- >> anthony: oh, superb. [ javier speaking spanish ] >> eric...

Medical medicinal herbs with supposed magical properties, and stuff for this shaman dude to bless us and our cacao crop. [ eric speaking spanish ] >> eric: this one is amazing. it smells really good and it supposedly purify the house. yeah. >> anthony: mm, smells like hippie. >> eric: no, but its interesting. the shamans are very, very well respected in their inca culture and the region. they cure everything. they do ceremonies. >> anthony: good. >> eric: yeah, i think were good. >> anthony: our...

One of the driest deserts in the world lies at the foot of the Andes. The Mochica culture ...

Scientists found a new species of dwarf boa in a place where it should not be — in a patch of cloud forest in the Andes. Check out the details of the discovery here: