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LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's first female president Dina Boluarte, who unexpectedly came to power on Wednesday after her former boss was ousted and arrested, will need to tread carefully to avoid her recent predecessors' fate of being forced out of office early.
Congress voted to remove Pedro Castillo and appointed his vice president to lead the nation.
Congress voted to remove Pedro Castillo and appointed his vice president to lead the nation.
Pedro Castillo also installed a new emergency government and ordered a nightly curfew.
Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has dissolved the nation’s Congress and called for new legislative elections, beating lawmakers to the punch as they prepared to debate a third attempt to remove him from office