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The suspended train service left 417 people - including 300 foreign nationals - stranded in the Machu Picchu district, reports ANI.

The protests have been marked by Peru's worst political violence in more than two decades.

Peru President Dina Boluarte, despite weeks of violent protest dividing the country, refuses to step down.

At least 40 people have been killed in clashes between Peruvian security forces and protestors, the biggest outbreak of violence in the Andean country in almost two decades.

On Monday, Peru President Dina Boluarte said that she has already proposed to Congress to bring forward the elections, details below.

Many of those demonstrating in the ongoing political crisis are demanding the release from custody of Pedro Castillo, the center-left president ousted on Wednesday by lawmakers after he sought to dissolve Congress ahead of an impeachment vote.

Legisladores peruanos buscan determinar una figura legal sobre los restos de los condenados por el delito de terrorismo.

About a thousand people gathered in the streets of Lima on Saturday to protest once again against the new government of Peru's president, Pedro Castillo.