Peru swore in a new president on Wednesday following a day of political turbulence that saw former President Pedro Castillo arrested after making a last-ditch bid to cling to power.
Dina Boluarte, Castillo’s vice, was eventually sworn in, making her Peru’s first female president.
She was elected after a majority of 101 members in the country’s 130-person legislative body voted to impeach Castillo.
Earlier on Wednesday, the former president said he would shut down the opposition-controlled congress, launch a “government of exception,” and call for new legislative elections.
The result by the legislature makes her the first woman to lead Peru. She called for a political truce after months of instability, including two prior impeachment attempts, and said a new cabinet inclusive of all political factions should be formed.
She then criticized Castillo’s move to dissolve Congress as an “attempted coup.”
