Peru

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Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Peru’s capital and were met with volleys of tear gas and pellets just hours after President Dina Boluarte called for a “truce” in almost two months of protests.

People are pouring into Peru’s capital, many from remote Andean regions, for a protest against President Dina Boluarte and in support of her predecessor, whose ouster last month launched weeks of deadly unrest and cast the nation into political chaos.

Protests against Peruvian President Dina Boluarte's government that have left dozens of people dead since they began a month ago spread through the south of the Andean country.

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Visitors like an Orlando couple in Machu Picchu for their anniversary are seeing up close the protests in support of Peru's ousted leftist president Pedro Castillo.

The judge's decision came a day after the government declared a police state as it struggles to calm the violence in impoverished Andean regions that were the base of support for Castillo.

Peru's newest president, Dina Boluarte gave in to protesters' demands early Monday announcing in a nationally televised address that she will send Congress a proposal to move up elections.

Peru’s first female president, Dina Doularte, is pushing to cement her hold on power, saying she expects to complete the term of her ousted predecessor — as some politicians call for early elections, in an indication of continued political rancor.

Peru’s Congress removed President Pedro Castillo from office Wednesday, voting to replace him with the vice president, shortly after Castillo decreed the dissolution of the legislature ahead of a scheduled vote to oust him.

Pedro Castillo avoided joining the South American nation's list of impeached leaders as opposition lawmakers failed to get enough votes to remove him from office only eight months into his term

The decision restores a humanitarian pardon even though authorities gave no indication the former president's release was imminent.