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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jedidajah Otte and Clea Skopeliti

EXPLAINED: We feel betrayed peruvians on anti government protests | Rare Historical Photos

A demonstrator wearing the Peru flag stands in front of police officers in Cusco.
A demonstrator wearing the Peru flag stands in front of police officers in Cusco on Thursday. Photograph: Michael Bednar/Getty Images

Daniel, 32, an indigenous mine worker from the city of Abancay in the southern-central Apurimac province, did not participate in the mass protests that swept over Peru in 2020, after president Martín Vizcarra was ousted.

“But I did take part this time, in my town, to support my people, Indigenous people, who have been treated like garbage for centuries by the ‘elites’.”

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