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Peru president will seek to move up elections amid violent protests

People flee from tear gas as demonstrators participate in a protest demanding the dissolution of Congress and to hold democratic elections instead of recognising Dina Boluarte as Peru's President, after the ouster of Peruvian leader Pedro Castillo, in Lima, Peru, December 11, 2022. © Alessandro Cinque, Reuters

Peru's newest president, Dina Boluarte, gave in to protesters' demands early Monday announcing in a nationally televised address that she will send Congress a proposal to move up elections.

Boluarte's decision came 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. The protests turned deadly, with at least two reported deaths in a remote community in the Andes, according to officials.

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