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Peru's new government declares police state amid protests

By AP | Dec. 15, 2022

**Soldiers patrol in Arequipa, Peru, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. Peru's new government declared a 30-day national emergency.** [AP]

Peru's new government declared a national emergency Wednesday as it struggled to calm violent protests over President Pedro Castillo's ouster, suspending the rights of "personal security and freedom" across the Andean nation for 30 days.

Acts of vandalism, violence and highway blockades as thousands of Peruvians are in the streets "require a forceful and authoritative response from the government," Defense Minister Luis Otarola Penaranda said.

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