Peru's ousted president, Martín Vizcarra, had emerged as the country’s most vocal proponent against corruption, but the legislature voted the popular president out.

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 ...

A 51-year-old farmer and teacher who wears a traditional Andean palm-straw hat took office as Peru’s president on July 28, 2021, after a bitterly contested election.. Pedro Castillo was ...

A tumultuous first week in office for Peru’s new president. Pedro Castillo is facing political and economic turmoil – including calls for his impeachment – as he forms his administration.

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 ...

Peru’s legislature on Monday selected the country’s third president in a week, seeking to stanch growing street protests over lawmakers’ decision to remove a popular president from office ...