Buses or tanks? Drivers in Peru protect themselves with steel cabs and bulletproof glass against the advance of extortion.

In response to escalating criminal violence and extortion targeting public transportation in Lima and Callao, transport workers in Peru have resorted to installing steel cabins and bulletproof glass to protect drivers. The Municipalidad Provincial del Callao and local transit administrators have begun implementing these defensive measures as security threats from extortionists continue to advance across the sector.

Meanwhile, separate economic developments in the region involve Cuba establishing official normativa for 176 economic and social reforms. These new regulations permit private enterprises with over 100 workers, direct hiring, foreign investment by Cuban expatriates, indefinite land usufruct, and broader market opening.