AREQUIPA, Peru -- Sota Kidokoro, 22, is one of tens of thousands of Asian tourists whose dream holidays in South America have suddenly turned sour, subjecting them to strict COVID-19 quarantine rules that feel like forced imprisonment.
"Unfortunately, the Japanese Embassy didn't send me any information on charter flights or special buses to [Argentina's capital] Buenos Aires," Kidokoro said, speaking by phone from the Argentine town of Esquel, where he has been stuck for the best part of a month.
