PeruRail temporarily suspends service due to farmers’ strike

Hundreds of farmers launched a 24-hour strike Monday, blocking roads with stones and debris and obligating PeruRail to temporarily suspend service, reported state news agency Andina. We will chain ourselves to the railway and block highways for the next 24 hours, said Eloy Apaza, the President of Cuzco’s Irrigation Association. The farmers are demanding that [...]

Policeman charged for shotgun murder of campesino protesters during February farmers strike

A local prosecutor in Ayacucho has filed murder charges against a police officer for the deaths of two farmers gunned down during a national farmworker’s strike last February. The criminal charges represent an embarrassing blow to Interior Minister Luis Alva Castro, who was hauled before Congress. He issued a blanket denial to avoid a vote [...]