Two people have reportedly died during protests in Peru, where new President Dina Boluarte has given in to demands to bring forward an election.
He was ousted and arrested after he sought to dissolve congress ahead of an impeachment voteHer decision came after thousands of demonstrators took to Peru's streets for a second day on Sunday to demand she resign and schedule elections to replace her and congress.
Many of those demonstrating in the ongoing political crisis are demanding the release of Pedro Castillo, the centre-left former president, who was ousted on Wednesday after he sought to dissolve congress ahead of an impeachment vote. The protests heated up particularly in rural areas, strongholds for Mr Castillo, a former schoolteacher and political newcomer from a poor Andean mountain district.
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