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Peru swears in a new president amid constitutional crisis

Congress President Jose Williams gives thumbs up after lawmakers verbally voted to remove President Pedro Castillo from office in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. Peru's Congress voted to remove Castillo from office Wednesday and replace him with the vice president, shortly after Castillo tried to dissolve the legislature ahead of a scheduled vote to remove him. (Guadalupe Pardo/AP)

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Vice President Dina Boluarte was sworn in Wednesday as Peru's next president after Congress voted out President Pedro Castillo shortly after he dissolved the legislative body.

The 60-year-old lawyer took the oath of office and became the first female leader in the more than 200-year history of the independent republic.

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