Yes.
I have spent some time in Peru and the locals refer to “the season of strikes”
One morning, during the “season”, I BARELY made it out of Country. They closed the airport 30 min after I arrived in the terminal.
Arequipa, IIRC.
I'll bet there are some very pretty areas down there. Did you visit any Inca places? Perhaps that is why you were down there? 🙂
My visiting there has been via the boobtube only. 🙂