Newest Peruvian president Boluarte to send a proposal to move up elections after protests turn deadly, with at least two reported deaths
Peru has had six presidents in the last six years, including three in a single week in 2020 when Congress flexed its impeachment powers.
Boluarte's decision came early Monday after thousands of demonstrators took to the streets around Peru for another day on Sunday to demand that she resign and schedule elections to replace her and Congress. Hundreds of people also protested in Lima, the capital, where riot police used tear gas to push protesters back.
A 15-year-old boy died of an injury suffered during a protest in the remote Andes community of Andahuaylas, Congresswoman Maria Taipe Coronado said as she made an impassioned plea from the legislative palace for Boluarte to step down.Call for national unity
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