Protesters clash with police officers during an anti-government demonstration following the ouster of Peru's former President Pedro Castillo, in Lima, Peru January 24, 2023. REUTERS/Angela Ponce
WNU Editor: The above picture came from this photo-gallery .... Protests erupt in Peru (Reuters).
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It's a mess. The current President was a peasant-populist that got elected properly, their congress swamp didn't like him, power struggle, he tried to dissolve Congress and rule as a dictator, Congress declared him a criminal and ordered his arrest.
But the Pres was a leftist teacher and much of the street protesters in support of him are wearing communist red scarves.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/perus-president-dissolves-congress-ahead-3rd-removal-94701711
Since 2016, Perú has been entrenched in political crises, with congresses and presidents trying to eliminate each other in turn. President Martín Vizcarra (2018-2020) dissolved Congress in 2019 and ordered new elections. That new legislature removed Vizcarra the next year. Then came President Manuel Merino, who lasted less than a week before a crackdown killed two protesters and injured 200 more. His successor, Francisco Sagasti, lasted nine months before Castillo took over.
Castillo on Wednesday became the second ex-president currently in custody in the country. A former Peruvian president, Alberto Fujimori, is serving a 25-year sentence for murder and corruption charges dating to his 1990-2000 rule.
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