FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 10 - Caught on Camera

Peru president ousted after ‘coup attempt’ and replaced with his vice president

Pedro Castillo has been detained by police

Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2022

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Letter obtained by the Guardian reveals prosecutor’s extraordinary allegations

The Guardian - AU · Dec 8, 2022

Rapid fall from power, arrest for embattled Peru president

In just three tumultuous hours, Peruvian President Pedro Castillo went from decreeing the dissolution of his country’s Congress to being replaced by his vice president and put under arrest

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022

Peru’s president Pedro Castillo removed from office by Congress and accused of sedition

Short-lived leader impeached on corruption charges after attempt to overpower legislature

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022

Analysis-Peru markets take in political drama as investors focus on fundamentals

On a day of high drama for Peruvian politics that saw the president threaten to dissolve Congress before himself being ousted, the Andean country's financial markets absorbed the punch.

Reuters · Dec 7, 2022

Peru’s President Pedro Castillo impeached hours after trying to dissolve Congress

Peru’s President Pedro Castillo was impeached Wednesday, hours after he preempted the vote by attempting to dissolve Congress and install an emergency government.

Tribune News Service · Dec 7, 2022

Factbox-Peru's presidents and years of political turmoil

Peru, the world's No.2 copper producer and for years one of Latin America's fastest growing economies, has seen a series of presidents ousted from office or imprisoned on allegations of corruption over the past three decades.

Reuters · Dec 7, 2022

Peruvian politician Boluarte swears as interim president after Castillo's removal

Peruvian politician Dina Boluarte was sworn as interim president on Wednesday, hours after Pedro Castillo was removed in an impeachment trial during a day of high political drama in the Andean nation.

Reuters · Dec 7, 2022

Peru president removed from office and charged with ‘rebellion’ after alleged coup attempt

Pedro Castillo arrested for ‘breaching constitutional order’, says prosecutor, as new president Dina Boluarte sworn in

The Guardian - US · Dec 7, 2022

Peru's president detained by security forces - national police tweet

Peru's President Pedro Castillo was detained by security forces on Wednesday, according to images shown in a tweet published by the national police, shortly after Congress voted to remove him from power.

Reuters · Dec 7, 2022