US EditionJerí Sworn In as Peruvian President After Congress Impeaches Boluarte
- Peru's Congress voted 124 to 0 to impeach President Dina Boluarte, citing her inability to stem crime as a major reason for her removal.
- Boluarte faced significant public anger, with protests and a crime wave highlighted by a recent shooting incident at a concert, which intensified calls for her removal.
- Since taking office in December 2022, Boluarte has seen her approval ratings plummet and faced multiple motions to impeach her, with this latest motion supported by nearly all political factions.
- José Jerí was sworn in as the interim president following Boluarte's impeachment, and he will serve until the next elections in April 2026.
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In Peru, reason no longer governs, but improvisation. Last night Congress dismissed Dina Boluarte for “permanent moral incapacity”—that magic formula that serves to disguise interests—and today, as if fate mocked the country, the presidential chair is occupied by José Jerí Oré, a 38-year-old lawyer whose resume generates more alarm than hope. The most serious thing is that the same Congress that protected him from accountability has now made him…
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The president had become unpopular during her term of office by numerous scandals, but even after her removal the trenches remain deep in the country.
Peru dawned on Friday with a new president who replaced Dina Boluarte, who was removed by Congress in the midst of a crisis due to the rise in crime, thus adding a new chapter to his chronic institutional instability reflected in the seven leaders who have succeeded in power over the past nine years.
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Peru ousts unpopular president blamed for failing to stem crime
Lawmakers in Peru removed the country's immensely unpopular president Dina Boluarte from office on Friday, ending a stint in office plagued by protests, corruption probes and an unprecedented wave of violent crime.
After the dismissal of Dina Boluarte, Peru acquired a new president on Friday, its seventh in nine years. In an interview with Mediapart, the Franco-Peruvian academic Tania Romero Barrios goes back to the discrediting of the Peruvian state and the ongoing demonstrations.
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