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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Marco Aquino

Peru's new leader offers early election as seven die in protests

Peruvian lawmakers attend a session at Congress as new President Dina Boluarte offered a plan to bring elections forward, after the ouster of her predecessor Pedro Castillo sparked protests that have left several dead, in Lima, Peru December 12, 2022. REUTERS/Gerardo Marin

Peru's new president offered lawmakers a plan to bring elections forward by two years on Monday, after the ouster of her predecessor last week sparked protests that have left at least seven dead.

President Dina Boluarte, previously the vice president, was sworn in last week after former President Pedro Castillo was removed by Congress and arrested for trying to dissolve the legislature while preventing an impeachment vote against him.

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