Protests that leave three dead in Tacna prompt Premier Simon to call off talks until “people calm down”

Two days after declaring a 30-day state of emergency in the southern border province of Tacna, Premier Yehude Simon said he would not discuss protesters’ demands to modify a recently voted mining law until tempers were cooled. “We will travel (to Tacna) only once the population calms down,” said Simon. “Only when they show that [...]