Lima: Peru’s lawmakers swore in Congress chief Jose Jeri as the country’s new president less than an hour after unanimously voting to remove President Dina Boluarte, as anger mounted over rising crime and accusations of corruption.

Peru’s Congress swears in new president after ousting Boluarte amid corruption, crime anger

One of the world’s least popular leaders was ousted shortly after midnight on Friday, just hours after various political blocs first presented motions for Boluarte’s removal on grounds of moral incapacity. Show Full Article

The vote took place after several members of popular cumbia music group Agua Marina were injured in a shooting during a concert held on Wednesday in a venue belonging to the Peruvian military.

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Motions for Boluarte’s re

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