Explainer-Why are there protests in Peru and what comes next?


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  • Wednesday, 01 Feb 2023

FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator takes part in a protest to demand Peru's President Dina Boluarte to step down, in Lima, Peru, January 28, 2023. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda

(Reuters) - Protests in Peru since early December have led to the deaths of at least 48 people as demonstrators have clashed with security forces in the Andean country's worst outbreak of violence in over 20 years.

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