Peru’s Continuing Political Crisis

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In early April 2022, Peruvian President Pedro Castillo (the rural teacher and left-wing trade unionist who took office a little over eight months before) had a very negative image among 68% of respondents in a recent poll by the Institute of Peruvian Studies. The president had already reshuffled his cabinet four times, after initially appointing key ministers who were under investigation for alleged corruption and were soon forced to resign. He had also barely survived two attempts by the congressional opposition to remove him (though members of the unicameral legislature have even worse poll numbers, with their negative image reaching 79%). Finally, Castillo faced violent protesters demanding his resignation amid more congressional calls for him to step down. Commentators attempted to explain.

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