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Protesters block important roadways in the southern areas of Puno, Cusco, Apurimac, and Arequipa, as well as Junin, demanding the resignation of President Dina Boluarte.

Fernandez had rejected a Supreme Court ruling in December to give a larger proportion of state funds to the opposition-controlled city of Buenos Aires, before backtracking and saying that he would comply with the "unfair" ruling. Blinken talks Lula White House visit, Venezuela with top Brazil diplomat BRASILIA - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Brazil's new Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira and discussed a trip to Washington by newly sworn-in leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The two governments are working on a convenient date for a visit to Washington ...

Interior Minister Victor Rojas said in a conference alongside Boluarte on Thursday he had information that the protests could reignite on Jan. 4. Boluarte, who was vice president under Castillo, assumed the presidency earlier this month after Castillo was ousted and arrested for attempting illegally dissolve Congress. Castillo remains in pretrial detention while under investigation for rebellion and conspiracy. Boluarte said Thursday some neighboring countries had "wrongly interpreted" what happened to Castillo.

Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo will remain in custody ahead of his trial after the country's Supreme Court rejected his appeal on Thursday. The court upheld the decision to keep Castillo...

The latest in Latin American politics today: Bolivian police detain opposition governor, interior minister says LA PAZ - Bolivian police have detained Luis Fernando Camacho, the governor of Santa Cruz and a prominent opposition leader, Bolivia's interior minister Carlos Eduardo del Castillo del Carpio said on Twitter. Authorities have not said why Camacho was arrested but he recently led a multi-week standstill, blocking streets and halting trade over the timing of a population census that would likely hand the region more tax revenues and seats in Congress.