Dakar race 2019 to take place only in Peru

Peru’s government has invested millions of dollars in the event and is now hoping for a financial as well as sporting payback.

For the first time since the Dakar rally switched continents to South America, the race is to be held in just one country.

Peru‘s government has invested millions of dollars in the event and is now hoping for a financial as well as a sporting payback.

Al Jazeera’s Mariana Sanchez reports from Lima.