Chaos, Protests Erupt In Peru: Constitutional Court Calls President's Dissolution Of Congress A "Coup"; Congress Impeaches Castillo
FTA: It turns out the US is not the only banana republic out there: moments ago, Peru President Pedro Castillo announced the dissolution of congress and called for legislative elections to draft a new constitution hours before an impeachment debate, greatly escalating a political crisis and putting the Latin American nation’s democracy under threat.
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From the 28th of July 2021 to the 7th of December 2022, he was the president of Peru, having won the 2021 Peruvian general election. On the 7th of December 2022, he was removed from office after an attempted coup d’etat against the Congress of Peru.