An indigenous woman holds a picture of Peruvian President Alan Garcia during a protest in front of the Peruvian embassy in La Paz, June 9, 2009. (Aizar Raldes/AFP/Getty Images)
Garcia and his cabinet have been heavily criticized for botching negotiations with protesters who were demanding the government strike down laws designed to open up their ancestral lands to foreign mining and oil companies.
At least 34 people died after the protests turned violent in the worst crisis of Garcia's term.
