LIMA: Peru has closed its famed tourist site Machu Picchu amid anti-government protests, its Ministry of Culture said Saturday (Jan 21), with hundreds of tourists having been left stranded near the Inca citadel amid deadly unrest. Demonstrations demanding the resignation of Peruvian President Dina
LIMA: Peru has closed its famed tourist site Machu Picchu amid anti-government protests, its Ministry of Culture said Saturday , with hundreds of tourists having been left stranded near the Inca citadel amid deadly unrest.
Authorities announced Saturday yet another protester had died following demonstrations in the country's south, with the victim arriving already deceased at the local hospital in the town of Puno. At least 400 people, including 300 foreigners, are stranded at the foot of the site, in the town of Aguas Calientes, and pleading to be evacuated.
"We don't know if a train will pick us up. All the tourists here are queuing to register" for evacuation, Chilean tourist Alem Lopez told AFP Friday.
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