Peru: Faced with Gov't Inaction, Health Workers' Strike Radicalizes

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Peruvian health sector administrative employees continue their indefinite strike, as authorities have failed to respond to their demands. Among other issues, the strikers demand that 15,000 long-standing "temporary" employees receive workplace benefits. The government claims it is not financially possible to attend to the strikers' demands and have a balanced budget. The opposition says the budget favors business and mining interests and not the needs of the population. Without a solution, workers say their struggle will further radicalize. Rael Mora reports from Lima. teleSUR