When Dina Boluarte was anointed Peru’s sixth president in five years, she faced battles on two fronts: appeasing the lawmakers who had ousted her boss and predecessor Pedro Castillo, and calming ...

Peru swears in Vice President Dina Boluarte, the country's first female leader, after Congress voted to remove President Pedro Castillo from office.

Pressure mounted against Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Monday as lawmakers submitted to Parliament a request to remove her from office for “permanent moral incapacity” three days after ...

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.

Former President Martín Vizcarra, the only Peruvian leader to be successfully ousted before Mr. Castillo, left office after the vote in 2020, but filed an appeal before the Constitutional ...

Pedro Castillo was impeached, removed from office and arrested after attempting to cling to power by dissolving the country's parliament, in what some labelled a "coup" attempt.

Peru's struggling president marks his first year in office Like many in her Peruvian Andes community, María Acevedo voted for Pedro Castillo for president last year, drawn in part by the ...

Peru’s former President Pedro Castillo is seen inside a police car as he leaves the Lima Prefecture, where he was under detention, in Lima, on Dec. 7, 2022.