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Protests over Peru's political crisis continue around nation

Demonstrations over Peru’s political crisis are continuing around the country and in Lima, the capital

The Independent UK

In Peru, president’s ouster just latest manifestation of extreme political turmoil

LIMA, Peru — A right-wing populist president who led Peru during the 1990s is serving a 25-year prison sentence for human rights abuses. Three of his four immediate successors faced bribery charges — one killing himself with a gunshot to his head when police descended on his home to arrest…

Los Angeles Times

Peru's president swears in cabinet as pro-Castillo supporters clash with police

Peru's new leader Dina Boluarte unveiled her cabinet Saturday as protesters blocked highways and pelted police with rocks in the wake of Pedro Castillo's ouster as president.

France 24

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Peru leader names ex-cenbank official as economy chief

Peru’s new President Dina Boluarte named a U.S.-educated economist who has spent most of his career at the central bank as economy minister, as she tries to restore calm after the turmoil of recent days.

Tribune News Service

Peru's president asks cabinet to take anti-corruption pledge

Peru’s newest president has sworn in a new Cabinet and asked each member to pledge not to be corrupt while in office

The Independent UK

Peru's ex-president faced bigotry for impoverished past

Peru’s poor, mainly peasants and Indigenous people, had hoped that Pedro Castillo’s victory last year in a runoff presidential election would redress their plight or at least end their invisibility

The Independent UK

From president to prisoner: The rapid descent of Peru's Pedro Castillo

Peru's Pedro Castillo gambled away power in one breathtaking day.

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Peru's new president says she is open to early election talks

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Friday said she was willing to discuss early elections with the country's political and civil organizations, but ruled out kick-starting constitutional changes for the time being.

Reuters

Dina Boluarte, Peru’s first female president, vows to fight corruption

Leftwing lawyer, 60, was sworn in after serving as vice-president to Pedro Castillo, who now faces rebellion and conspiracy charges

The Guardian - US

Peru's impeached president Castillo appears in court on rebellion charges

Peru's stunning political crisis grinded forward Thursday, as former President Pedro Castillo appeared in court following a failed attempt to close a hostile congress and his successor looked for ways to unite the country behind institutions gutted by endemic corruption and mistrust.

France 24

Analysis-Peru's presidential curse will prove hard to lift despite Castillo ouster

Peru's first female president Dina Boluarte, who unexpectedly came to power on Wednesday after her former boss was ousted and arrested, will need to tread carefully to avoid her recent predecessors' fate of being forced out of office early.

Reuters

Peru’s ousted president appears in court to face rebellion and conspiracy charges

Court expected to decide if Pedro Castillo will be held in preliminary detention after failed attempt to close congress

The Guardian - US

Amid coup, countercoup claims – what really went down in Peru and why?

Peru has a new president following the ouster of former leader Pedro Castillo at the hands of the country’s Congress.

The Conversation

Peru's Castillo faces criminal charges as new president Boluarte takes helm

Peru's former President Pedro Castillo faced a first court hearing on Thursday over his arrest on charges of rebellion and conspiracy, as his successor issued her first pronouncements from the presidential palace.

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Peru swears in Boluarte as new president after Castillo’s ‘coup’ attempt fails

Peru’s sixth president in four years starts her first day in office seeking to build a cabinet and restore confidence in the $240 billion economy after her predecessor tried to suspend congress and call for a new constitution.

Evening Standard

Peru president ousted after ‘coup attempt’ and replaced with his vice president

Pedro Castillo has been detained by police

The Independent UK

Rapid fall from power, arrest for embattled Peru president

In just three tumultuous hours, Peruvian President Pedro Castillo went from decreeing the dissolution of his country’s Congress to being replaced by his vice president and put under arrest

Axios

Dina Boluarte becomes Peru's first woman president as predecessor Castillo arrested

Castillo faces a charge of rebellion after trying to dissolve Congress as lawmakers debated whether to impeach him.

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Dina Boluarte, Peru's first female president, pledges to heal nation's wounds

Dina Boluarte became Peru's first female president on Wednesday amid a political maelstrom when her predecessor and former boss Pedro Castillo was ousted in an impeachment trial and detained by police after he tried to illegally shut down Congress.

Reuters

U.S. says welcomes appointment of Boluarte as Peru's President

The U.S. government said it welcomed the appointment of Dina Boluarte as President of Peru, who was sworn in by Congress on Wednesday in a day that saw ex-leader Pedro Castillo arrested following his ousting from office in an impeachment trial.

Reuters

Reaction in Americas region to ousting of Peru's Castillo

The following are reactions from political leaders across the Americas to the ousting of Pedro Castillo as Peru's president on Wednesday and the swearing in of Vice President Dina Boluarte as the country's first woman president:

The Independent UK

Peru’s president Pedro Castillo removed from office by Congress and accused of sedition

Short-lived leader impeached on corruption charges after attempt to overpower legislature

Reuters

Peruvian politician Boluarte swears as interim president after Castillo's removal

Peruvian politician Dina Boluarte was sworn as interim president on Wednesday, hours after Pedro Castillo was removed in an impeachment trial during a day of high political drama in the Andean nation.

WEKU

Peru swears in a new president amid constitutional crisis

Vice President Dina Boluarte was sworn in Wednesday as Peru's next president after Congress voted out President Pedro Castillo shortly after he dissolved the legislative body.

France 24

Peru swears in new president after Castillo ousted in impeachment trial

Peru's Congress swore in a new president on Wednesday in a day of sweeping political drama that saw the former leader, Pedro Castillo, ousted in an impeachment trial hours after he attempted a last-ditch bid to stay in power by trying to dissolve Congress.

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