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context: Peru indefinitely shut the tourist site Machu Picchu on Saturday in the latest sign that anti-government protests that began last month are increasingly engulfing the South American country.
  The Culture Ministry said it had closed the country’s most famous tourist attraction as well as the Inca Trail leading up to the site “to protect the safety of tourists and the population in general”.
  There are 417 tourists stuck in Machu Picchu who can’t get out, more than 300 of whom are foreigners, Luis Fernando Helguero, the tourism minister, said at a news conference.
  The closure of the Inca citadel that dates back to the 15th century and is often referred to as one of the new seven wonders of the world comes as protesters have descended on the capital Lima, largely from remote Andean regions, to demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte. >
  
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  Peru indefinitely shut the tourist site Machu Picchu on Saturday in the latest sign that anti-government protests that began last month are increasingly engulfing the South American country.
  This is not the first time tourists have been stuck in Machu Picchu since the protests began.
  Tourists who had already bought tickets for Machu Picchu from Saturday until one month after the end of the protests will be able to obtain a full refund, the Culture Ministry said.
  
  
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  My friend is there now and was supposed to hike it on Wednesday. Not anymore! >
  
  So it seems that Peru is at the cusp of a civil war. These aren't just "protests"
  There's been two massacres of civilians by the state when they tried to take over an airport and another occasion.
  Also, Congress and the Executive position have been for the last 3 presidencies divided; right wing and left wing respectively.
  Christians, Elite, Military in support of Congress which is led by Fujimori's daughter, and the more modest, indigenous, left wing, extreme left wing elements of Peru supporting the party that has ran the last 3 executive appointments (and whose member, ex president Castillo, carried out the self-coup in Dec 2022).
  It seems that the current Peruvian constitution has a clause that congress can impeach a president on the grounds of "moral incapacity" which its vagueness effectively allows Congress to push forward impeachments due to the subjectivity of the phrase. (Since the last 3 presidents have been impeached by Congress, the latter has effectively become more powerful than the presidency)
  Shits getting hot in Peru.
  Right wing Republicanism and Left wing Authoritarianism at play. >
  
  A lot of this sounds similar to the US