Congress has rejected multiple bills for early elections, a key demand by protesters, including shelving a proposal by President Dina Boluarte on Friday. A wave of protests, the worst violence in Peru in two decades, have left 48 dead in clashes and threatened to destabilize one of region's most reliable economies.
STORY: Over 716,606 acres have been ravaged by fires this season and forecasts for higher temperatures stretching from Santiago to the southern regions that have been the focal point of the flames.