Dina Boluarte sworn in as the first Woman President of Peru after predecessor Castillo arrested

TL;DR

Ignoring Castillo's attempt to shut down the legislature by decree, lawmakers moved ahead with a previously planned impeachment trial, with 101 votes in favor of removing him, six against and 10 abstentions.The result was announced to loud cheers, and the legislature called on Vice President Dina Boluarte to take office.The public ministry said on Wednesday evening that Castillo had been detained and accused of the crimes of "rebellion" and "conspiracy" for breaking the constitutional order.Castillo has called the allegations "slander" by groups seeking "to take advantage and seize the power that the people took from them at the polls.""The United States categorically rejects any extra-constitutional act by President Castillo to prevent Congress from fulfilling its mandate," the U.S. ambassador to Peru, Lisa Kenna, wrote on Twitter."

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