President Dina Boluarte says remarks made by Mexico counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador against her administration go against international right to non-interference.
Pedro Barreto rebukes legislators for inaction over elections as thousands amass at vehicular chokepoints around capital Lima in renewed push for President Boluarte's resignation.
Congressional commission shelves President Dina Boluarte's bill on technicality before it even reaches debate, thwarting a key demand of protesters angry over ex-president Castillo's ouster.
Proposal by Free Peru party is rejected with 75 votes against and only 48 in favour, with one abstention as anti-government protests persist in the Andean country.
Congress rejects proposal to move elections forward to December 2023, despite nearly two months of protests that have left dozens dead following ousting of ex-president Pedro Castillo.
Moving elections to later this year could help the Andean country "get out of this quagmire we're in," says President Dina Boluarte who has been facing daily protests that have left almost 60 people dead.
Prior to closing of Machu Picchu, rail services to site had already been suspended due to damage to track by demonstrators calling for President Boluarte's resignation, authorities say.
"Listen Dina, the Chankas are coming," chant members of Indigenous group with reputation for being warriors as they await thousands of other rural Peruvians to march in capital against new government of President Dina Boluarte.
The countrywide demonstrations have at times turned violent and at least 42 people have been killed in clashes with security forces.
Operations resume at Cusco airport which handles second-most air traffic in the Andean country.
Investigations are focused on violent clashes between demonstrators and security forces in southern heavily-Indigenous regions of Puno, Cusco, Arequipa, Apurimac and Ucayali, as well as the country's capital Lima.
Mourners in southern Puno region carry coffins of 17 civilians killed in recent anti-government protests, vowing "the bloodshed will never be forgotten" in the Andean nation.
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