it connected the city of puerto maldonado with the city of cusco in the andes. that voyage used to take about two weeks in the rainy season. now it takes about 6 hours. the price of gold started to rise, and in 2008, it skyrocketed. and that created an unprecedented gold boom for tens of thousands of miners, who came from mainly the andes into madre de dios and started to take the forest apart. some of the most dense and biodiverse rain forests in the world. so la pampa is an area next to the highway. about 5 years ago, this was a place that was a couple miners, a couple tents. and it eventually became an illegal city that had thousands of people and was the gateway to the hotspot of illegal gold mining in the amazon. [karina garay speaking spanish] fernandez: it's a place that has now been taken apart by a government action called operation mercury. [man yells, men respond] [garay speaking spanish] [garay speaking spanish] [garay speaking spanish] [gonzalo cordova speaks spanish] [garay speaking spanish] [woman speaking spanish] [camera focus adjusting] [garay

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manual merino was flown in a few hours ago there also clashes reported in the cities of attics and cusco his car remains very popular with the public despite the accusations of corruption that led to his removal in an impeachment vote. on your marino who was head of congress will stay in power until july which would have been the end of the scars term the next presidential election is in april scarab was accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes when he was regional governor it greed to step down without appealing the decision but denies any wrongdoing fairness sanchez is in lima she says protests are taking place across through. there are protests. erupting in different cities from school to early keep to trujillo to all the major cities apart from lima in peru have people marching in the streets of people being arrested in the northern city of puta and people have clashed with police in the perimeter of congress this morning when. maybe no one has been sworn in as the new president there is a recent history that of course peruvians have a very present in their in

especially foreigners its closure affected nearly a quarter of a 1000000 workers shopkeepers in nearby cusco say they lost more than 2 thirds of their income and yet it has been super terrible because there were no tourists you can only see resident tourists who live here who live nearby and nothing else. peru is closing in on $1000000.00 cases of covert 19 with nearly $35000.00 deaths for a country of $32000000.00 people that's the highest per capita mortality rate in the world but cases analogy creasing and restrictions easing. it's been quite complicated for all of us who work in tourism the city basically lives off it and it's been a very hard blow many shops are closed many people lost their jobs now the gates have reopened provings are hopeful prices days are hit shallop bellus al-jazeera. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories yes president elect joe biden has act lined his administration's 4 big priorities including the coronavirus pandemic he and the vice president elect bush or.

marianna sanchez has more from the anger and outrage, be deuced major cities from lima to cusco to keep. the protesters clashed with riot police. dozens were arrested violence. also erupting around the perimeter of congress as madrid, maybe no, was sworn in this new interim president. this congress does whatever they want with us. we have to fight the country, can't go on like this. in his message remedial said he'd been entrusted with a legitimate vote to defend the nation. this is momentum we do visit, but at least this is a difficult time for the country. do people have expectations and look at us worried that the crisis isn't deniable, we must act maturely. he knew i should. peruvians elections will be held in april and that he will respect the rule of law. but that's a message. do you believe plausible? 68 of 130 lawmakers face criminal investigations from murder to money laundering, abuse and fraud, among other charges. the new congress president faces $52.00 investigations alone. peruvians say corruption is entrenched at the highest levels and the outgoing president of the discov

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there were also clashes reported in the cities of a keeper and cusco iscar remains very popular with the public. this fight, the accusations of corruption that led to his removal and impeachment vote. under a millionaire who was head of congress will stay in power until july, which of would have been the end of vickery's term. the next presidential election is in april. his car was accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes when he was regional governor. it greed to step down without appealing the decision, but denies any wrongdoing. the end of sanchez is in lima. she says protests are taking place across fruit. there are protests erupting in different cities from school to i keep to trujillo, to all the major cities apart from lima in peru. have people marching in the streets of people being arrested in the northern city of pewter. and people have clashed with police in the perimeter of congress this morning when maybe no one has been sworn in as the new president. there is a recent history that of course, pollute rians, have very presently there in their minds

especially foreigners its closure affected nearly a quarter of a 1000000 workers shopkeepers in nearby cusco say they lost more than 2 thirds of their income and yet it has been super terrible because there were no tourists you can only see resident tourists who live here who live nearby and nothing else. peru is closing in on $1000000.00 cases of covert 19 with nearly $35000.00 deaths for a country of $32000000.00 people that's the highest per capita mortality rate in the world but cases are now decreasing and restrictions easing yes. it's been quite complicated for all of us who work in tourism the city basically lives off it and it's been a very hard blow many shops are closed many people lost their jobs now the gates have reopened provings are hopeful brighter days are here shiela bellus al jazeera . and with that on hold on lauren tyler and the team in london are back in just a few months time and. my name is matthew castle i grew up jewish in america and i support the palestinian struggle against occupation when politics can pass and my mom saw me at a protest in chicago during a pales