Trucks are parked on the Pan-American highway, one of the key highways essential for food supplies in Peru's largest cities, during protests sparked by rising fuel and fertilizer costs, due to sanctions on Russia, in Chincha, Peru April 6, 2022. Picture taken April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Alessandro Cinque
(Reuters) - Peru's government on Thursday ordered its armed forces to supervise the country's highways for the next month, amid crippling protests nationwide over rising food and fuel prices.
The country has been beset by road blockades for over a week as anger has flared over rising costs, which have spiked since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Peru is facing its highest inflation rate in a quarter century.
