December 13, 2002

In Peru, Academics End Hunger Strike

By LUCIEN CHAUVIN

Students and professors at Peru's public universities voted to suspend a weeklong hunger strike last week, after the government pledged an additional $25-million for public universities.

The labor unrest began early last month, when representatives of the Student Federation of Peru and the National Federation of University Employees began a strike that, one by one, affected 5 of the country's 28 public universities The strike then spread to other universities, with student leaders

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