Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the Peruvian capital Lima yesterday and for the second day in a row they were met with tear gas by the law enforcement agencies, the agencies reported.

Demonstrators have made it clear that they are maintaining their mobilization and will continue to protest demanding the resignation of President Dina Bolwarte.

Many of the people who demonstrated in Lima came from remote areas in the Andes, where dozens have died in unrest that has gripped large parts of Peru since Pedro Castillo, Peru's first president of rural Andean descent, was impeached and jailed last month , after trying to dissolve Parliament (Congress).

Until now, the main arena of protests has been the southern parts of the country, but demonstrators want to take them to the capital, where about a third of Peru's 34 million people live.

The rallies began immediately after Boluarte, who had been Castillo's vice president until then, was sworn in and took his place as president on December 7.

The demonstrations sparked Peru's biggest outbreak of political violence in more than two decades.

55 were killed and 700 injured.

Protests and riots in the capital of Peru

At least 40 people were detained in the riots yesterday and Thursday in Lima, security forces announced.

They are mostly detained for damaging public and private property during clashes with the police.

Over 50 people were injured.

Last night, Peruvian Tourism Minister Luis Elguero announced that because of the consequences of the anti-government protests, hundreds of foreign tourists cannot leave the city of Machu Picchu.

In the town of Ilave in the southern region of Puno, about 1,500 protesters attacked a police station, Interior Minister Vicente Romero said.

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