Instability has come to define Peru’s political landscape, as successive congresses and presidents have become locked in a power struggle.
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Troops have been deployed on to Lima’s streets as the country grapples with rising criminal violence.
Years after being ousted during his third term in office, the former Peruvian strongman was sentenced to 25 years in prison for crimes he committed as president. He was later pardoned – twice.
A court in Peru has sentenced ten retired soldiers for raping nine women while serving in the military in the 1980s.
More than 50 Peruvians have died in rioting as the South America country faces a severe constitutional crisis.
Thousands of demonstrators have descended on Lima amid violent clashes with police. The protest movement could be taking cues from earlier mobilizations in neighboring Bolivia.
The undermining of democracy across the Americas, especially in the U.S. and Peru, has been occurring via attempts to use laws solely for political gain.
Peru is the latest in a chain of Latin American countries where a leader has been removed via a ‘parliamentary coup’.
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