LIMA ¨C Peru¡¯s first female president, Dina Boluarte, who unexpectedly came to power on Wednesday after her former boss was ousted and arrested, will need to tread carefully to avoid her recent predecessors¡¯ fate of being forced out of office early.
In a day of high drama, Pedro Castillo was removed from the presidency in an impeachment trial after he tried to dissolve Congress illegally in a bid to stay in power. That followed months of instability and two prior impeachment attempts by a hostile legislature.
One of Boluarte¡¯s first official acts upon becoming president was to implore for a political truce and to pledge to form a broad Cabinet of all ideological stripes.
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