Peru's economy is rebounding faster than expected, central bank and economy ministry officials said late on Tuesday, but a second wave of coronavirus infections and lingering social tensions still threaten to derail a full recovery in the world's second-largest copper producer.
Dozens of buses and trucks on the largest highway in southern Peru were stranded on Wednesday as farm workers launched a third day of protests, forcing lawmakers to promise fresh debate over a long-standing but controversial agrarian law.
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