Hundreds of tourists stranded in the ancient city of Machu Picchu are being evacuated after Peru was plunged into a state of emergency following the ousting of the country's president.
, and his removal from power accelerated long-simmering political tensions in the country. Rail and air travel services were disrupted as protesters stormed airports.
PeruRail also said evacuees would be taken by bus from the community of Piscacucho to the city of Cuzco, where the Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport is located. On Sunday, Paola Lazarte, Peru's Minister of Transport and Communications also said work is being done at the Arequipa Airport -- Peru's largest airport in the south -- to resume operations. after it was shut down due to protests. She added that they had received additional lighting kits helped resume the operations of nighttime flights on Saturday.
The Municipal District of Machu Picchu had said in a statement on Friday that it expects to evacuate tourists by Saturday as tensions escalated across the country -- which had turned deadly as least 20 people have died amid the political demonstrations.
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