Peru leader ousted, arrested for 'rebellion'
(UPDATED) LIMA: Peru's leftist president Pedro Castillo was ousted by lawmakers and arrested on Wednesday after trying to dissolve the South American country's Congress, in a move widely condemned as an attempted coup.
The dizzying series of events in a country long prone to political upheaval resulted in even more history, with Vice President Dina Boluarte later becoming Peru's first woman president.
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