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Peru president Dina Boluarte unveils new bill for 2023 election amid Congress infighting

The bill proposes holding congressional and presidential elections in October this year with elected officials taking power in late December. Elected officials would serve a five-year term until July 2028

Protester dies in Lima as Peru's political crisis continues

The death of Victor Santisteban Yacsavilca, 55, brings to 58 the nationwide toll in the protests that began in early December after the impeachment and arrest of President Pedro Castillo

Peru Congress rejects President Boluarte's plan for early elections

In the face of relentless protests, Boluarte urged Congress to call the vote for December, describing the political crisis as a 'quagmire'

Peru President Dina Boluarte asks Congress to advance elections to 2023

Peru has been embroiled in a political crisis with near-daily protests since 7 December when former president Pedro Castillo was arrested after attempting to dissolve Congress and rule by decree

Peru faces food, fuel shortages as President Boluarte defiant

Dozens of roadblocks are hindering freight deliveries to the country's south, where protests demanding the resignation of President Dina Boluarte have been most intense

Peru: Fresh clashes in Lima as President Dina Boluarte seeks 'truce'

Thousands of Peruvians from Andean regions, many in traditional dress, marched in central Lima chanting 'Dina assassin,' blaming her for the deaths of 46 people, mainly demonstrators, since protests broke out last month

Peru: Protesters brave tear gas to demand ouster of President Dina Boluarte

The crisis triggered by the ouster of leftist and Indigenous president Pedro Castillo stems largely from a gaping inequity between Peru's urban elite and poor rural Indigenous people in the southern Andean region who saw him as one of their own and working to make their lives better

Peru: Anti-government protests will continue, says interior minister

After a mass rally last week in the capital Lima, another has been planned for Tuesday by protesters demanding the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, despite authorities calling a state of emergency

No Entry: Why Peru has shut Machu Picchu for tourists

The famous tourist site Machu Picchu and Inca Trail have been closed indefinitely following widespread protests in Peru. The demonstrations broke out in the South American nation last December after the ouster of then-president Pedro Castillo

Peru: Protests rage on despite President Dina Boluarte's plea for calm

Civil unrest since the ouster of Dina Boluarte's predecessor, Pedro Castillo, in early December has left 45 people dead and prompted the government to impose a state of emergency in violence-hit areas