Peruvian Congress fails to approve measure that would have moved elections to December 2023 amid widespread protests.

Peruvian Congress fails to approve measure that would have moved elections to December 2023 amid widespread protests.
Teachers, transport workers and civil servants walk off their jobs to demand better pay.
Hundreds of thousands of teachers among those who walked off their jobs to demand wages that keep pace with inflation.
Protests, strikes held nearly two weeks after more than one million people protested against raising the retirement age.
“I’ve never seen such political turmoil.”
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