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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Marco Aquino and Marcelo Rochabrun

Peruvian lawmakers oust head of Congress following govt pressure

Head of Peru's Congress Lady Camones poses for a photograph, in Lima, July 23, 2021. Ruben Grandez/Peru Presidency/Handout via REUTERS

Peruvian lawmakers on Monday ousted Lady Camones, the head of Congress, just a day after the country's prime minister publicly demanded her removal over leaked audio that showed her discussing how to use the legislature to benefit her party.

Camones had been in the role for less than two months and her ouster underscores how the administration of President Pedro Castillo is pushing back aggressively against a hostile Congress that has already twice impeached him.

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