Peru

The arrest of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has sparked protests that are impeding travel within and even out of the country.

More than 70% of today’s flights are cancelled out of Inca Manco Capac International Airport, a high elevation airport serving in the city of Juliaca, 50 miles west of Titicaca Lake. His supporters have set up a network of roadblocks, making it difficult to travel around or even exit the country. “Demonstrations can cause the shutdown of local roads, trains, and major highways, often without prior notice or estimated reopening timelines. Exercise increased caution due to civil unrest,” the State Department advisory reads. PeruRail has not run trains to and from Machu Picchu since Tuesday. I watch trends in travel.

Peru's congress voted against a constitutional reform to hold early presidential elections, rejecting a government attempt to alleviate the political crisis ...

Peru imposed curfew orders in parts of the country to try to contain violent demonstrations as clashes between protesters and police in the southern city of ...

The power struggle between Peru's president and parliament seems decided. But protestants demand more long-lasting solutions to structural problems.

This is reflected in the results of a November 2022 poll by the Institute of Peruvian Studies (IEP), in which public support for Castillo was 31 per cent, for Congress a mere 10 per cent and for new elections a whopping 87 per cent. In that case, the President of Congress, José Williams, would temporarily take over the presidency under Article 115 of the Constitution and call general elections. After initially declaring her intention to complete the presidential term ending July 2026, the growing protests and social unrest calling for early elections and the establishment of a constituent assembly lead Boularte to announce general elections (for president and Congress) for April 2024. Not surprisingly, this decision was taken the day before a massive demonstration organised by key social organisations was scheduled for 15 December, 2022. Did he feel pressured by the further allegations of corruption that were made to the public prosecutor's office on the very morning of the coup attempt? Soon after the election victory, she quickly distanced herself from PL and was expelled from the party. What prompted Castillo to announce the dissolution of Congress, a state of emergency and the reorganisation of the judicial system on that particular day? This discussion, however, quickly shifted to the more urgent issue of restoring peace and political stability in a country rocked by ever-increasing social unrest. Was he falsely promised that he would be supported by the national police and the army? Did his advisors claim that he would receive overwhelming public support due to the strong public rejection of Congress? On his way to the Mexican embassy to seek asylum, Castillo was arrested. The leftist ex-president, who was deposed by parliament last week, is accused of rebellion and faces four years in prison.

By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Protesters blocked key roads and forced the closure of five airports in Peru amid violent protests that flared up aga...

A criminal complaint has been filed with prosecutors specializing in human rights in the Ayacucho province of Huamanga in order to determine “responsibility for the serious violations” there, the ombudsman’s office said in a statement, without giving further details. In Ayacucho, protesters set fire to the local judiciary and prosecutor’s offices, and security forces used weapons to repel attacks on the airport and other places, Revollar said. Eight people were killed on Thursday in clashes between security forces and protesters in Ayacucho, according to local authorities, after a Supreme Court panel ordered an 18-month pretrial detention for Castillo while he is investigated over charges of “rebellion and conspiracy.”

Local leaders and first responders are speaking out as a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue captain and Miami-Dade police sergeant remain stuck in Peru, ...

“It saddens me to learn of the struggles occurring in Peru and making it difficult for our U.S. The Mayor’s Office has been in communication with the White House in efforts to bring all of our U.S. Embassy Peru has continually evaluated the security situation in Peru and will keep providing updates and assistance to U.S. According to the U.S. “So I’ll be talking to the State Department today, find out what steps they’re taking in order to ensure the safety of Americans in Peru and how to get them out safely, also.” “The American government, the State Department, needs to assure that Americans are safe in Peru and also get them safely out of Peru,” U.S. “I have two children, my wife, they are very worried, so our my parents.” Train service has been suspended — Peru declared a state of emergency Wednesday. She says restaurant was in turned off lights to conceal from looters who started to descend. “It’s unfortunate that a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Captain and a Miami-Dade Police Sergeant are amongst those struggling to return. “They’re rioting, burning things down.” She tells me stuck in Cusco—the nearest airport is closed, protests growing more violent, road blocks prevalent. “U.S.

LIMA, Peru — A Peruvian judge on Thursday ordered ousted President Pedro Castillo to remain in custody for 18 months as nationwide protests set off by the ...

In issuing his ruling, the Judge Checkley said a "concrete flight risk" still exists and "remains latent over time. On Thursday, police in riot gear stood outside the facility as dozens of Castillo supporters gathered throughout the day. They have burned police stations, taken over an airstrip used by the armed forces and invaded the runway of the international airport in Arequipa, a gateway to some of Peru's tourist attractions. While in office, Castillo spent much of his time defending himself against attacks from an adversarial Congress and investigations ranging from corruption to plagiarism. The protests erupted after Castillo was removed from power by lawmakers last week, following his attempt to dissolve Congress ahead of a third impeachment vote. The government also imposed a roughly dusk-to-dawn curfew for five days in at least 15 communities, as allowed by the nationwide emergency declaration issued Wednesday.

Protesters are demanding Castillo's release, dissolution of Congress and early elections in the South American nation.

“I call on the highest level and all powers to reflect and take action to bring peace to the Peruvian people. Castillo calls on his supporters to come to the police facility where he is being held and urges the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to intercede on his behalf. A judge says the former president posed a flight risk after trying to seek asylum at the Mexican embassy in Lima. The measure allows authorities to curtail freedom of movement and assembly, as well as grants the police and armed forces the power to exert more control. Protesters continue to block key roads, forcing the closure of five airports across Peru. Earlier in the day, Castillo says he is being “unjustly and arbitrarily detained”. She also declares a state of emergency in areas of “high conflict”, allowing soldiers to take more control. Meanwhile, Castillo releases a handwritten letter on social media that calls his successor, Boluarte, a “usurper”. We have nothing,” says Juana Ponce, one of the protesters. And in Lima, several hundred protesters trying to reach the Congress building clash with police, who use canes and tear gas to push them back. But opposition politicians and other observers slam his announcement as contrary to Peru’s constitution, and Congress overwhelmingly votes in favour of After initially saying she would serve out Castillo’s remaining three-and-a-half years as president, she suggests that calls for early elections among Castillo supporters are “respectable”.

After the successful fast-track impeachment of Peru's former president, Pedro Castillo, on Dec. 7, euphoric lawmakers posed for photographs on the floor of ...

[refused to acknowledge](https://larepublica.pe/politica/2022/01/20/rafael-lopez-aliaga-insiste-en-fraude-electoral-pese-a-decision-de-fiscalia/) Castillo’s election victory as legitimate and even called for his [death](https://larepublica.pe/elecciones/2021/05/08/lopez-aliaga-invoca-la-muerte-de-pedro-castillo-en-mitin-de-apoyo-a-keiko-fujimori-pltc/). In Peru’s splintered political landscape, with more than a dozen deeply unpopular parties competing for power, just scraping into double figures in the first round—as Fujimori and Castillo did in April 2021—could be enough to make it to the runoff, where weary Peruvians typically end up having to choose the “ [lesser evil](https://fondoeditorial.iep.org.pe/producto/el-mal-menor-vinculos-politicos-en-el-peru-posterior-al-colapso-del-sistema-de-partidos/).” [Lima](https://www.congreso.gob.pe/congresistasregion/), a city of 10 million people, watering down the link between legislators and their constituents. [posed](https://www.infobae.com/america/peru/2022/12/07/pedro-castillo-congresistas-celebraron-hasta-las-lagrimas-la-vacancia-del-ahora-expresidente-de-la-republica/) for photographs on the floor of the country’s Congress, laughing and giving thumbs-up. The first is Antauro Humala, the extremist brother of Ollanta Humala, the center-left president from 2011 to 2016. Although Castillo may have been a deeply disliked president, with a disapproval rating that [hovered](https://data.larepublica.pe/encuesta-iep-aprobacion-desaprobacion-peru-presidente-congreso-de-la-republica/) in the 60s in recent months, Congress is loathed even more, with its disapproval rating bouncing around in the 80s. [investigations](https://larepublica.pe/politica/2022/12/07/pedro-castillo-cuales-son-las-6-investigaciones-fiscales-que-afronta-el-expresidente-de-peru-que-dio-golpe-de-estado-pedro-castillo-detenido-dina-boluarte-toque-de-queda/), did not deserve impeachment; aside from the authoritarian denouement, his brief period in office has done deep and lasting damage to Peru’s institutions and economy, seeing the country’s credit rating [downgraded](https://www.fitchratings.com/research/sovereigns/fitch-revises-peru-outlook-to-negative-from-stable-affirms-at-bbb-20-10-2022#:~:text=Affirms%20at%20'BBB'-,Fitch%20Revises%20Peru's%20Outlook%20to,Stable%3B%20Affirms%20at%20'BBB'&text=Fitch%20Ratings%20%2D%20New%20York%20%2D%2020,IDR)%20at%20'BBB'.) while Castillo packed the public bureaucracy with a mix of unqualified and ethically unfit apparatchiks. [unrepresentative](https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/02/17/peru-s-democracy-in-search-of-representation-pub-83787) and problematic results. More importantly, nearly 90 percent of Peruvians, according to a poll by the Peruvian Studies Institute in November, believed that if Castillo were forced out, there should be a new general election, in a country where successive reelection, including for members of Congress, is prohibited. [declare](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/perus-top-court-mulls-detaining-ex-president-castillo-18-months-2022-12-14/) a state of emergency on Wednesday. Although members of Peru’s Congress may be in denial, the impeachment has created a storm of public fury that will likely sweep them from their own jobs in the coming months. What was truly jarring about the lawmakers’ joy was that Castillo’s ouster in no way marks the end of Peru’s political crisis, which has been simmering since 2016.

LIMA, Peru — (AP) — It might be the world's shortest political honeymoon. Almost since the moment last week when Dina Boluarte took over from the ousted ...

“They see this as repudiation of who they are,” said Cynthia McClintock, a political science professor at George Washington University who has studied Peru extensively. Boluarte took over for Castillo after the president sought to dissolve Congress ahead of lawmakers' third attempt to impeach him. He wore ponchos and sandals made of rubber. “The only thing I can tell you sisters and brothers (is) to keep calm. Castillo draped himself with symbols of Peru's rural, Indigenous areas. They have burned police stations, obstructed Peru's main highway and stranded hundreds of foreign tourists by blocking access to airports.

LIMA, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Pressure rose on Peru's fledgling government Friday as two cabinet members resigned following deadly protests that have rocked the ...

Protests continued Friday, with key roads blockaded and five airports forced to close. The death of compatriots has no justification. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

Two government ministers have quit their posts in Peru after days of sometimes violent protests over the impeachment of the former president.

The mayor of Cusco told AFP news agency that around 5,000 tourists are stranded in the city after the airport there closed when protesters tried to storm the terminal. Around 800 tourists are also stuck in the small town at the foot of the mountain where the citadel stands, because the railway line which serves it has stopped running. Meanwhile, thousands of tourists are trapped in the city of Cusco after protesters forced the airport to close.

In recent years, Peru has been no stranger to political turmoil. It currently is on its sixth president in seven years — or should still be on its fifth, ...

It currently is on its sixth president in seven years — or should still be on its fifth, according to the crowds whose protests led to a declaration of a state of emergency in mid-December. They took to the streets after a day in which President Pedro Castillo declared congress dissolved only to be swiftly impeached by it and jailed after he tried to flee to the Mexican embassy. Many of his problems were self-inflicted: He changed his cabinet members about 80 times in his brief time in office, less than 17 months.

In recent years, Peru has been no stranger to political turmoil. It currently is on its sixth president in seven years — or should still be on its fifth, ...

Protests broke out in many rural areas, closing roads and airports and leading the government to declare a nationwide state of emergency to clamp down on violence that left at least 20 dead as of Dec. Castillo was arrested and ordered to stay detained for a week, with a judge subsequently ruling he should remain in custody for another 18 months. The courts were preparing to rule on Castillo’s claim that the failure to vote should count as a vote of no confidence when he moved to dissolve congress. In late November, Castillo’s prime minister resigned after congress refused to vote on a motion of no confidence. It currently is on its sixth president in seven years — or should still be on its fifth, according to the crowds whose protests led to a declaration of a state of emergency in mid-December. Presidents have the power to dissolve congress and force new elections if a congress twice votes against the government in a motion of confidence vote.

"We have no idea if this is the beginning, the middle or the end of what we're doing here," said firefighter Matt Johnson.

And we're choosing not to be miserable." "Now it's to the point we're making decisions whether we leave or not," Johnson said. As they sheltered in their hotel this week, scrolling the internet for any sparse news about the protests and the political situation, anxiety started to creep in. "It goes beyond healing cancer and having the cancer be gone. They went out for burgers and beer, breaking their no-meat, no-alcohol pledge for the aftermath of the retreat; stores were mostly shut down and streets were mostly quiet, although they avoided the protests' center. But with airports shut down, a nighttime curfew and a nationwide state of emergency, they have instead been mostly cooped up in their hotel, two blocks from Cusco's Plaza de Armas, a hub for the protests.

Driving the news: Americans, Europeans, South Americans and Peruvians are among those unable to leave the ancient city as train service, which is the primary ...

Exercise increased caution due to civil unrest." [Political crisis deepens as protests rock Peru](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/13/protests-peru-castillo-boluarte-congress-crisis) [Peru's new president proposes early elections amid deadly protests](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/12/peru-protest-unrest-demonstrators-demand-elections) [President Dina Boluarte](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/08/dina-boluarte-peru-first-woman-president-castillo-arrested)and the immediate scheduling of general elections to pick a new president and members of Congress, Axios' TuAnh Dam reports. [state of emergency](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/15/peru-state-of-emergency-deadly-protests) in response to [deadly protests](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/13/protests-peru-castillo-boluarte-congress-crisis) sparked by the ousting of former President [Pedro Castillo](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/07/peru-president-castillo-removed-congress), [CNN reports](https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/machu-picchu-tourists-stranded-amid-protests/index.html). [remain in custody](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/15/peru-state-of-emergency-deadly-protests)for 18 months after authorities requested time to build their rebellion case against him. [Peru travel advisory](https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/peru-travel-advisory.html)Thursday, warning, "Reconsider travel due to crime.

As Peru explodes in protest with supporters of its former president taking to streets, lawmakers on Friday rejected a constitutional reform that is needed ...

Peru’s legislative body is already viewed with skepticism by the public. The ongoing protests have also stranded hundreds of tourists after Peru’s railway operator suspended trains to the area. So far however, lawmakers have appeared resistant to change.

A couple from Acworth expecting a baby is fighting to get back home after getting stranded while on vacation in Peru.

"The U.S. "U.S. We continue to encourage U.S. We encourage U.S. They cut down trees to block the roads." "They had boulders all over the street.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday criticized a state of emergency imposed in Peru to tackle violent protests and slammed the U.S. ...

Still, an opinion poll published this week by Mexican newspaper El Financiero said 52% of Mexicans opposed giving Castillo asylum, with only 37% in favor. "It may even be (U.S. Secretary of State Antony) Blinken of the State Department doesn't know about it, and it was down to the embassy," Lopez Obrador said. Peru's state of emergency has granted police special powers and imposed limits on civic freedoms. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story Lopez Obrador described the Andean nation as being in a "state of siege."

A Bay Area couple is stranded in Peru as the country deals with violent protests that triggered a national emergency following the ousting of its president.

All the food is diminishing,'” Mireles said. “The hotel we were staying at gave us a heads up. The couple said they followed their instincts and joined a group of tourists, who decided to hike 25 miles to get back to Cusco, where the airport just reopened.

Top politicians and church leaders seek to end deadly protests over the ousting of President Pedro Castillo.

The mayor of Cusco told AFP news agency that about 5,000 tourists are stranded in the city after the airport there closed when protesters tried to storm the terminal. Footage on social media showed protestors blocking main roads and airports. However, his plan backfired and Congress instead voted overwhelmingly to impeach him.

Protesters demand the release of ousted president Pedro Castillo, the resignation of his successor Dina Boluarte, and pedrofresh elections.

Human rights groups said 147 people have been detained. "A state of emergency does not remove the protection of the right to life," she added. Around 200 mostly American and European tourists have left the town on foot along the train tracks in a bid to reach the town of Ollantaytambo, 30 kilometers away, from where they would be able to take a train to Cusco. "There are 5,000 tourists stranded in the city of Cusco, they are in their hotels waiting for flights to restart," Darwin Baca, mayor of the nearby town of Machu Picchu, told AFP. Several airports around the country have been closed, including the international terminal in Cusco, which acts as the gateway city to the jewel of Peruvian tourism, the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. Peru's Congress on Friday rejected a move to bring forward elections as deadly protests left thousands of tourists stranded in the gateway city to Machu Picchu.

Almost 300 tourists are stuck in Machu Pichu, an ancient city in Peru, due to the emergency created because of their presidents ousting.

The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). Thus, the Mayor wants the locals to end this protest as soon as possible, and he has discussed the issue with PeruRail operates the train service in the southern and southeastern regions of Peru. Peru mainly thrives on tourism, and this ongoing protest has reduced the local economy, which has led to a food shortage. So, they have requested the Government to arrange a helicopter to rescue these travellers from the city. [Peru](/topic/peru), [Pedro Castillo](/topic/pedro-castillo), was accused and arrested.

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, who has said she is leading a transitional government, urged the country's Congress to pass a proposal to bring forward ...

Some members of Congress have called for the legislature to reconsider the proposal. She also dismissed calls for a constitutional assembly, saying it was "not the time." Since then, protests have broken out across the country, and at least 17 people have been killed.

Dina Boluarte assumed the presidency after Pedro Castillo tried to illegally dissolve Congress and was arrested.

“Today, the Peruvian people are in mourning … “We want the immediate closure of Congress; we want the resignation of Dina Boluarte,” said Rene Mendoza, a protester at the border with Bolivia. On Friday, Peru’s Congress rejected the proposed constitutional reform to move elections forward to December 2023.

Protests that started after President Pedro Castillo was ousted last week have left thousands of Americans stranded. Madeline Coggins.

"Just the timing of everything," Brewer said. After learning of the flight cancelations, Brewer explained she was told by police to leave the airport. "Between that day and the day that we had to leave, the next day that they had appointed the vice president as president, and they arrested the president. They had a president and the president had tried to dissolve the Congress was under arrest. "I'll feel 50 percent safe once we get on the plane to Lima and 100 percent safe once the plane takes off from Lima to the U.S." The south Peruvian city of Cusco is a popular hub for tourists traveling to Macchu Picchu. "We were scheduled to leave on the eighth and my brother tends to keep up with a lot of current events. Protestors are also calling for Boluarte’s resignation and new elections. I'll feel safe once we get on the plane," Brewer said. Boluarte, however, was faced with widespread protests that erupted shortly after Castillo's ouster. And on the seventh he said, I've been reading that the president committed to dissolve the Congress. "By 8:30 p.m., we had not boarded the plane yet, and I'm supposed to leave at 8:55 p.m., and we started hearing a lot of commotion."

Dina Boluarte asks Congress to sign off on early elections as she refuses to resign despite the worsening protests.

She was the running mate of the outsider Castillo in his shock victory last year. “Today the Peruvian people are in mourning … “Look at the people and take action in line with what they are asking.

Former President Pedro Castillo is in jail. That's nothing new in Peruvian politics.

Many of those he put into high-level government positions were political allies with no relevant experience; some were under investigation for serious crimes like domestic violence and murder, according to the [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/07/world/americas/peru-pedro-castillo-coup.html). Castillo also went through a dizzying number of cabinet switch-ups, cycling through about [80 different ministers during his 16-month tenure](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/07/world/americas/peru-pedro-castillo-coup.html). [Fujimori](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alberto-Fujimori), too, [was democratically elected](https://apnews.com/article/politics-peru-caribbean-government-and-ee258b8b8495c9ae06a43f6d3c906a7a), but seized power in much the same way Castillo intended to — with the backing of the military he dissolved congress, declared a state of emergency, and rewrote the constitution in 1993, an amended version of which Peru still uses today. [Castillo](https://apnews.com/article/latin-america-peru-discrimination-government-and-politics-33f5b1ab4358a3a7a89014f3a817800b) was Peru’s first campesino president, the child of illiterate farmers and a former farmer, teacher, and union leader in whom many of Peru’s rural population saw themselves represented. Castillo and some of his family members are facing [six separate corruption investigations](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/perus-castillo-says-opponents-trying-blow-up-democracy-with-impeachment-trial-2022-12-06/), though he has denied wrongdoing. However, it’s likely a positive sign that Castillo had so little support to carry out his attempted power grab; “He did it alone; no one accompanied him in his most recent anti-democratic drift, not his cabinet, not the army, and not his supporters,” Rodriguez wrote. [quickly denounced Castillo](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/07/world/americas/peru-pedro-castillo-coup.html), who came to power by popular vote last year, while the nation’s highest court declared Castillo’s plan unconstitutional and much of his cabinet resigned. [right to free movement within the country and to assembly](https://www2.congreso.gob.pe/sicr/RelatAgenda/constitucion.nsf/constitucion/6FB258E38A13F1A40525672A004F862F) amid the ongoing unrest. [protested against his response to inflation just this year](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/peru-inflation-protests-grip-tourist-capital-cuzco-gateway-machu-picchu-2022-04-19/). [Rural protests](https://apnews.com/article/politics-peru-caribbean-covid-6921c3c8bcf95f654b70d8de39dfc550) have been particularly violent, as protesters demand new elections and for Boluarte to step down. There have been [multiple coups](https://www.britannica.com/place/Peru/Government-and-society) as well as a dictatorship throughout the 1990s under former President Alberto Fujimori, who is now in prison for gross human rights violations, including operating anti-communist death squads. Dina Boluarte, the South American nation’s sixth president in seven years, [is now struggling to maintain control](https://apnews.com/article/politics-peru-caribbean-pedro-castillo-f087a89f7ef0c7c64d6cdf0bc872cfc6) in a political environment where chaos and corruption are the norm.

Peru's government nears collapse as protesters angry over the president's ouster face off against police and the military.

That alliance has become a feature of Peruvian politics over the past 17 months, as the two sides found common ground in blocking anticorruption measures. But even that would likely fail to calm the unrest. Boluarte’s resignation would also preempt any attempt at political reform to ensure that the next election yields more sustainable results. The chances of de-escalation appeared to diminish Friday when lawmakers rejected Boluarte’s proposal to hold an early general election. “It justifies the use of violence against them. Some of the protests have been violent. It was also a repudiation of us.” Nahuinche said: “I think the president was under duress when he read that statement. “Castillo is our president, elected by humble, working people from the countryside. The violence prompted two ministers to resign Friday from Boluarte’s government. Protesters have stormed several regional airports, looted businesses and blocked roads, primarily in the impoverished mountain regions of the Andean nation. “The impeachment wasn’t just a repudiation of Castillo.

But the new president said she would not resign as demanded by protesters because she doesn't believe it would solve the political crisis.

[tourists remain stranded](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/16/tourists-stranded-machu-picchu-protests-peru) in Machu Picchu after Boluarte's government declared a [state of emergency](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/15/peru-state-of-emergency-deadly-protests) in response to the protests. [Dina Boluarte](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/08/dina-boluarte-peru-first-woman-president-castillo-arrested), called on the country's Congress on Saturday to approve early elections in order to halt [deadly protests](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/15/peru-state-of-emergency-deadly-protests), [BBC reports](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-64009544). [predecessor Pedro Castillo](https://www.axios.com/2021/07/20/peru-pedro-castillo-president-elect) was arrested for attempting to dissolve Congress, said she would not give in to protesters' demands and resign because she doesn't believe it will solve the political crisis.

Interspersed amid the crowd were signs calling for the closure of Congress and denouncing caretaker President Dina Boluarte as an “assassin.” “My son is leaving ...

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It's only a week until Christmas, and Mechelle Lutsko is holding onto hope that her daughter, one of the hundreds of tourists stranded in Peru, ...

"You can start to see the panic in some." "I love Christmas and my kids and wife," the father of two said. His plan after that would be getting transportation to the airport. "This is our chance to see and spend time with her," Lutsko said. Next week, Lutsko is expecting family to arrive from out of town for the holidays. The employees locked the doors and encouraged everyone to hunker down, Spellman told her mom.