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A group of 21 Republican state attorneys general want President Joe Biden to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorists to allow for wider and deeper crackdowns on illegal drug trafficking,

By Carla Samón Ros Lima, Feb 8 (EFE).- Protests that have gripped Peru have spilled into the nation’s music scene with artists taking to hip hop, rock, reggae and punk to voice their discontent. “This democracy is no longer a democracy, Dina, murderer, the people repudiate you,” is one the most popular chants that have …

Two months on, there’s no solution in sight as authorities use force to try to subdue protests calling for political change

With a bent back and bare feet in the black soil, Ruben Gutierrez Escobar, 63, uses a hoe to plow his fields in Bella Vista, a hamlet near Cusco in southern

What Will This Unexpected Journey Bring Them.

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.

With a bent back and bare feet in the black soil, Ruben Gutierrez Escobar, 63, uses a hoe to plow his fields in Bella Vista, a hamlet near Cusco in southern Peru at an altitude of 3,500 meters.

Despair and distrust: Andean communities forgotten by Lima

Protest in Peru aimed at removing the president has become a rebellion of the Indigenous and poor, pushing for broad political, economic and social changes.

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