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Peru's president swears in cabinet as pro-Castillo supporters clash with police

Peru's new leader Dina Boluarte unveiled her cabinet Saturday as protesters blocked highways and pelted police with rocks in the wake of Pedro Castillo's ouster as president.

France 24

Peru leader names ex-cenbank official as economy chief

Peru’s new President Dina Boluarte named a U.S.-educated economist who has spent most of his career at the central bank as economy minister, as she tries to restore calm after the turmoil of recent days.

Tribune News Service

Peru's president asks cabinet to take anti-corruption pledge

Peru’s newest president has sworn in a new Cabinet and asked each member to pledge not to be corrupt while in office

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Peru's president Boluarte names Cabinet following Castillo ouster

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Saturday named her Cabinet, tapping former deputy finance minister Alex Contreras as economy minister and chemical engineer Oscar Vera as energy and mines minister, following the ouster of ex-President Pedro Castillo.

Reuters

Perú Selvático: Sonic Expedition into the Peruvian Amazon 1972-1986 – review

Beach meets jungle on this classy compilation of vintage cumbia

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Colm Tóibín’s cultural highlights

The Irish writer on New York’s hidden music scene, poetry and the wonders of Peru

The Guardian - UK

Peru's ex-president faced bigotry for impoverished past

Peru’s poor, mainly peasants and Indigenous people, had hoped that Pedro Castillo’s victory last year in a runoff presidential election would redress their plight or at least end their invisibility

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Impeached, jailed, wanted: President is a dangerous job in Peru

Even in Latin America, a region known for political instability, Peru stands out.

Tribune News Service

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 10 December 2022

This week we'll cover a couple of coups. A two-d'etat. A pair of putsches. A duet of depositions. Okay, that's enough. Onwards.

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Peru's foreign ministry summons Mexican ambassador after Castillo asylum talks

Peru's foreign ministry summoned the Mexican ambassador on Friday, saying that it considered that statements made by Mexican leaders constituted "an interference in Peru's internal affairs."

Reuters

From president to prisoner: The rapid descent of Peru's Pedro Castillo

Peru's Pedro Castillo gambled away power in one breathtaking day.

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Peru's new president says she is open to early election talks

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Friday said she was willing to discuss early elections with the country's political and civil organizations, but ruled out kick-starting constitutional changes for the time being.

Reuters

Peru's impeached former President Pedro Castillo asks Mexico for asylum

Castillo met with Mexico's ambassador to Peru while in detention in Lima Thursday, Mexican officials said.

Axios

New Peru president vows to finish term, others want election

Peru’s first female president is pushing to cement her hold on power, saying she expects to complete the term of her ousted predecessor and buck the trend of presidential failures blighting the Andean nation

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Reuters

Explainer-What happens to Peru's former president Castillo now?

Peru's former president Pedro Castillo was ousted from power on Wednesday in an impeachment vote after failing in his bid to stay in power by dissolving Congress.

Reuters

Mexico says it is consulting with Peru over Castillo asylum request

Mexico has started consultations with Peruvian authorities regarding former President Pedro Castillo's request to seek asylum in the country, Mexico's foreign minister said on Twitter on Thursday.

The Guardian - US

Dina Boluarte, Peru’s first female president, vows to fight corruption

Leftwing lawyer, 60, was sworn in after serving as vice-president to Pedro Castillo, who now faces rebellion and conspiracy charges

France 24

Peru's impeached president Castillo appears in court on rebellion charges

Peru's stunning political crisis grinded forward Thursday, as former President Pedro Castillo appeared in court following a failed attempt to close a hostile congress and his successor looked for ways to unite the country behind institutions gutted by endemic corruption and mistrust.

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Analysis-Peru's presidential curse will prove hard to lift despite Castillo ouster

Peru's first female president Dina Boluarte, who unexpectedly came to power on Wednesday after her former boss was ousted and arrested, will need to tread carefully to avoid her recent predecessors' fate of being forced out of office early.

Reuters

Peru's key financial institutions remain resilient amid political turmoil - Moody's analyst

Peru's key economic and financial institutions remain resilient to political volatility, Moody's analyst Jaime Reusche said Thursday after the country impeached and arrested one president and welcomed another in a day of political drama on Wednesday.

France 24

Peru's broken politics: What next after Pedro Castillo's failed coup?

Latin America will long remember what went down on Wednesday in Peru. President Pedro Castillo took to live television to dissolve a hostile Congress but neither his cabinet nor the military followed, and by the day’s end he was the one out of a job and behind bars for attempting…

The Guardian - US

Peru’s ousted president appears in court to face rebellion and conspiracy charges

Court expected to decide if Pedro Castillo will be held in preliminary detention after failed attempt to close congress

The Conversation

Amid coup, countercoup claims – what really went down in Peru and why?

Peru has a new president following the ouster of former leader Pedro Castillo at the hands of the country’s Congress.

Reuters

Peru's Castillo faces criminal charges as new president Boluarte takes helm

Peru's former President Pedro Castillo faced a first court hearing on Thursday over his arrest on charges of rebellion and conspiracy, as his successor issued her first pronouncements from the presidential palace.

Reuters

Mexico president says Peru's Castillo was going to request asylum

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday that Peru's ex-president Pedro Castillo called him on Wednesday to say he was going to the Mexican embassy in Peru's capital Lima to request asylum.

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