Peru protests: Machu Picchu closed indefinitely and tourists stranded

The government said it closed the site, and the Inca trail hike leading up to it, to protect tourists and citizens over the ongoing protests against the country's new president. We speak to a former government minister who resigned last month.

Also on Weekend: China wins a bid to explore Bolivia’s huge lithium reserves; the multimillionaires who went to Davos to say ‘tax the rich.’

Joining Paul Henley to discuss this and more in the studio in London are Lijia Zhang, a Chinese-born writer and social commentator and Tim Jackson, an ecological economist and writer and Professor of Sustainable Development at the University of Surrey.

(Photo: Citizens demonstrate in Lima, Peru on the 21st of January 2023. Credit: PAOLO AGUILAR/EPA-EFE).