There have been six Peruvian presidents in six years and counting. The left-wing opposition is now setting the wheels in motion to remove Dina Boluarte. Her camp had already disowned her when she was vice-president. The 60-year-old Boluarte was plucked from obscurity just last month, when her predecessor was impeached on the third try and jailed for trying to rule by decree.
But for all his issues, Pedro Castillo's ouster has sparked a huge backlash. To the impoverished indigenous people from the rural hinterland, the former schoolteacher and trade unionist symbolised a rare turn in power for one of their own.
