Representation Crisis in Peru
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The express dismissal of Dina Boluarte by the Peruvian Congress, having invoked the figure of “permanent moral incapacity”, has opened a new chapter in the cycle of instability that has consumed the country for years. In just a decade, Peruvians have seen eight presidents and several dissolved congresses pass, in a sequence that has turned democracy into an exercise of resistance. Each crisis is presented as the last, but the country always retu…
Peru awoke this week with a new overthrow of the head of state. Congress removed Dina Boluarte due to "permanent moral inability" and sworn his own chairman. The vote ended a chapter of chaos, but revealed a deeper illness – in terms of legitimacy, security and governance itself. The impeachment in Peru was once [...] The post Peru's endless crisis: further head of state deposed first appeared on latinapress news.
Peru is the only country in South America that has had eight presidents in the last 10 years.In this hectic period, two heads of state resigned from office, while another three – one of them Pedro Castillo, after an ephemeral coup d'état – were dismissed by Parliament.In the country, political instability has become a constant.The last president who ended his five-year term (2011-2016) was Ollanta Humala, who is now sentenced to 15 years in pris…
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