This blog is now closed. Thank you for joining us. These were the updates from a tumultuous day in Peru that saw President Pedro Castillo removed by Congress and replaced by Dina Boluarte.
This blog is now closed. Thank you for joining us. These were the updates from a tumultuous day in Peru that saw President Pedro Castillo removed by Congress and replaced by Dina Boluarte.
- Peru’s Congress swears in Boluarte, Castillo’s former vice president, as the country’s new and first-ever female president.
- The opposition-held legislature earlier voted to remove Castillo in the third impeachment attempt of his presidency.
- The removal vote came shortly after Castillo announced plans to “temporarily” dissolve Congress and rule by decree in what he said was an effort to “re-establish the rule of law and democracy”.
- Castillo’s move spurred resignations by key ministers and allegations of a “coup” by members of Congress and other observers.