US EditionJerí Sworn In as Peruvian President After Congress Impeaches Boluarte
Boluarte was impeached unanimously for corruption, failure to control crime, and violent repression; over 15,900 extortion complaints surged this year, officials said.
- Peru's Congress impeached President Dina Boluarte, citing her 'permanent moral incapacity' due to rising crime rates.
- Congressman José Jerí was sworn in as Acting President following Boluarte's impeachment, with elections scheduled for April 2026.
- Boluarte faced numerous scandals and extremely low approval ratings, with her popularity dropping to 3%.
- Official figures indicate a significant rise in violent crime, with 6,041 homicides reported this year, marking the highest rate since 2017.
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Peruvian Lawmakers Swear In New President
In Peru, lawmakers swore in a new president, 38-year-old head of Peru’s Legislature, José Jerí, soon after voting unanimously to remove President Dina Boluarte. Her removal comes after months of deadly protests in rural Andean and Indigenous communities; rights groups accused Boluarte’s government of using lethal force to suppress the protests. Boluarte was also enmeshed in a corruption scandal involving undeclared assets and watches.
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…
José Jerí is appointed Acting President of Peru, in a new chapter of corruption scandals from Power.
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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