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PRESIDENT Martin Vizcarra has suffered another setback as teachers announced strike action in Peru after government talks aimed at heading off a dispute over pay and conditions collapsed
Mr Vizcarra’s administration has been beset by growing unrest since he replaced Pedro Pablo Kuczynski in March after the former Wall Street banker was implicated in a corruption scandal.
Demonstrations over fuel prices saw towns and cities across southern Peru close down last month, with roads blocked and transport hubs shut due to strike action.
Western nations’ increasingly aggressive stance is not prompted by any increase in security threats against these countries — rather, it is caused by a desire to bring about regime changes against governments that pose a threat to the hegemony of imperialism, writes PRABHAT PATNAIK