The lengthened state of emergency in four regions comes as President Dina Boluarte refuses calls to resign amid the deaths of at least 47 protesters.
to draft a new constitution of its own. She also responded to demonstrators’ demand that Castillo be released by saying his case must play out in the judicial realm.Castillo, a former teacher and wildcat strike leader, took office in 2021 with a focus on alleviating poverty. He received strong support from Peru’s rural Indigenous people, who viewed him as willing to stand up for the people of the Andes mountain range and the Amazon rainforest.
Political upheaval is familiar to Peru, which has had seven presidents in seven years. The result of the warring between groups of lawmakers and successive governments
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