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Peru's former president, who was ousted in an impeachment trial last week and arrested by the security forces, has called his successor and former vice president, Dina Boluarte, a usurper.
New clashes have broken out between Peru’s police and supporters of ousted President Pedro Castillo, leaving two people killed.
Peru’s newest president, Dina Boluarte, has sworn in her cabinet on Saturday just three days after becoming the country’s first female head of state following the removal of democratically-elected former President Pedro Castillo in a step that has triggered mass protests.
Police in Peru has fired teargas to disperse a protest march in the capital Lima in support of ousted President Pedro Castillo, with the US backing the South American country’s new head of state.
Peru's leftist president Pedro Castillo was ousted by lawmakers and arrested Wednesday in a dizzying series of events in a country long prone to political upheaval.
Thousands of Peruvians have held a protest march in the capital Lima, demanding President Pedro Castillo to quit over alleged corruption and economic misrule.
Peruvians took to the streets in northern Peru on Thursday to demonstrate against President Pedro Castillo as the Andean country faces a new political crisis.
Part of a hill collapsed in northern Peru on Tuesday, burying at least 60 homes, the government said, with harrowing images on social media showing whole apartment buildings being covered by the landslide.
Tensions continue to escalate in Peru's contested election, with rival groups supporting leftist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo and right-wing Keiko Fujimori rallying in the streets ahead of the announcement of the official result of the June 6 vote.
Peru’s leftist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo has claimed victory in the election before the announcement of the official results, and despite objections from his right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori, who has pledged to continue to the end.