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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Marco Aquino

Factbox-Peru's presidents and years of political turmoil

Police officers stand before people protesting after Congress approved the removal of President Pedro Castillo, in Lima, Peru, December 7, 2022. REUTERS/Alessandro Cinque

Peru, the world's No.2 copper producer and for years one of Latin America's fastest growing economies, has seen a series of presidents ousted from office or imprisoned on allegations of corruption over the past three decades.

On Wednesday Peru's Congress voted to remove President Pedro Castillo in an impeachment trial, the third he had faced since coming into power in July last year, and hours after he had said he would dissolve the legislature by decree.

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