Peru repeals pro-corporate farm law after days of protests
Lima, December 7 (RHC)-- In Peru, lawmakers have repealed a highly contested agricultural law, following five days of demonstrations and roadblocks led by farmworkers across the country and after at least one person was killed Thursday when police opened fire on protesters.
Over the weekend, Peru’s newly appointed interim president, Alejandro Sagasti, sent a bill to Congress revoking the law, which sought to increase agricultural exports and give exporters tax breaks. Farmworkers said it benefited corporations while slashing their wages and worsening working conditions.
