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Peru’s new president pledges elections amid deadly protests

By DW
18 December 2022   |   11:30 am
After less than a week in office, Dina Boluarte said she would ask Congress to move up elections by two years. Former President Pedro Castillo, who was voted out by lawmakers, decried the move as a "dirty game."

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