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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Marcelo Rochabrun and Marco Aquino

Peru Marxist party is still a barrier to impeachment attempts, leader says

Vladimir Cerron, the head of the far-left Peru Libre party that ushered Peru's President Pedro Castillo into power, talks to Reuters, in Lima, Peru September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Marcelo Rochabrun

Vladimir Cerron, the head of the far-left party that ushered Peruvian President Pedro Castillo into power last year, told Reuters on Tuesday that his congressional bloc is still committed to staving off impeachment attempts against the embattled leader.

Castillo won the election by a razor-thin margin last year, spooking investors on the campaign trail with a radical plan written by Cerron, the head of the Marxist-Leninist Peru Libre party. The plan included rewriting the constitution and nationalizing key industries. Peru is the world's second-largest copper producer.

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