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Weekly Report - 20 July 2023 (WR-23-29)
PERU: New round of protest fuels tensions
Barbie, the blonde doll featured in an imminent Hollywood film release, appeared to be walking the streets of central Lima on 19 July amid a mass anti-government protest. In fact, a creative protester had fashioned a life-sized doll called Barbie Dictadora (‘Dictator Barbie’) complete with a pink firearm, in an unflattering reference to Peru’s President Dina Boluarte.
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