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Problems. tuesday night the peruvian coming approved a bill to hold national elections in april 2024, two years earlier than scheduled. the peruvian supreme court ruled friday that former president castillo must remain in pretrial detention for 18 months after being charged with rebellion and conspiracy which he denies. mexican foreign minister confirmed tuesday castillos family is in mexicos embassy and granted asylum hours before they granted them safe passage to leave peru. perus unrest has b...

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STORY: Boluarte, formerly Perus vice president, assumed the presidency earlier this month after leftist ex-President Pedro Castillo tried to illegally dissolve Congress and was arrested. | December 17, 2022

Im going to talk to someone who knows what its like to make bold historic decisions. who led the way for trumps first impeachment inquiry, talks with us about what he thinks members of the 16 panel showed you tomorrow. now to peru where a deadly protest across the south american country have stranded hundreds of tourists, including americans. the protests are in response to the impeachments, and they are recessive pedro castillo. the -- department is that theyre working hard to get americans out...

Michael reiner, an american tourist from washington, d.c., said he was excited about traveling to peru with friends from college and others. >> we arrived in lima last thursday night. we left friday morning from lima to kuzco. and then from there we spent three days in urababa between machu peach he chew and kuzco. >> reporter: but it came to a screeching halt monday when they realized all of a sudden the whole country was in turmoil and their safety was no longer guaranteed. >> to be a tourist ...

Peru’s president, who replaced Castillo earlier this month, wrote on Twitter: “We mourn the crying of the mothers in Ayacucho and we suffer the pain of families throughout the country.

Terrible timinged in. the south american country has had six presidents in less than five years. up until 10 days ago the turmoil rarely affected the hundreds of thousands of tourists, many of them americans, the inca citadel. it started december 7th when president castillo was impeached and arrested after he announced plans to install an emergency government. he was apparently trying the get ahead of a congressional vote on his impeachment. his supporters have staged violent protests that have ...

Successor to step down. castillo was arrested and impeached ed impeached. and he has been ordered held on charges of conspiracy and rebellion. brittney griner is finally back home in arizona. since her release from a russian prison, she has been under the care of doctors at a military center in texas. abby phillip has more on her plans. >> reporter: were hearing from brittney griner for the first time since the wnba star returned home from detention in russia. she had spent about a week in san...

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Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, who has said she is leading a transitional government, urged the country's Congress to pass a proposal to bring forward general elections in a news conference from the presidential palace on Saturday. Boluarte, formerly Peru's vice president, assumed the presidency earlier this month after ex-President Pedro Castillo tried to illegally dissolve Congress and was arrested.