Friday, October 10, 2025 - President
of Peru, Dina Boluarte, was removed from office on Thursday, October 9,
after a late-night congressional vote in which parties across the political
spectrum called for her ouster.
Boluarte has been under investigation for months over
various allegations, including bribery and involvement in a deadly crackdown on
protesters in 2022.
She has denied all allegations and refused to attend the
vote on Thursday, where Congress approved her removal, citing “permanent moral
incapacity” to face the onslaught of organized crime in the country.
The president of Congress, 38-year-old José Jerí Oré, will
act as interim president and must now call elections, under the constitution.
Boluarte becomes the latest in a long line of disgraced
Peruvian leaders.
Since the turn of the millennium, no fewer than seven
presidents have been brought to trial or faced legal challenges relating to
allegations of corruption or human rights abuses. An eighth shot himself dead
when police were closing in.
In 2022, Boluarte became Peru’s first female president after
her predecessor, Pedro Castillo, was arrested and impeached by lawmakers
for attempting to dissolve the legislative body and install an emergency
government.
But since then, she has been plagued by scandal. The most
serious accusations concern the deaths of more than 60 people during a
crackdown by government security forces on the protests that followed
Castillo’s ouster.
She’s also accused of accepting Rolex watches and other jewelry as bribes, and transporting a fugitive politician in a presidential vehicle.
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