Lima, Dec 7 (EFE).- President Pedro Castillo was arrested Wednesday after Congress ousted him within hours of his announcement that he was dissolving the legislature and establishing emergency rule, the Peru National Police (PNP) said. “PNP officers detained former President Pedro Castillo,” the force said on its official Twitter account. The erstwhile head of state …
Peru s Vice President Dina Boluarte has been sworn in as the new President after former President Pedro Castillo was impeached on Wednesday, CNN reported
Lima, Dec 7 (EFE).- President Pedro Castillo announced Wednesday the closing of Peru’s Congress and the institution of emergency rule as opposition lawmakers prepared for yet another attempt to oust the leftist head of state. “The following measures are ordered: temporarily dissolve the Congress of the Republic and install a government of exceptional emergency,” Castillo …
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