More than 50 Peruvians have died in rioting as the South America country faces a severe constitutional crisis.
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Thousands of demonstrators have descended on Lima amid violent clashes with police. The protest movement could be taking cues from earlier mobilizations in neighboring Bolivia.
Peru now has its sixth president in just five years. An expert on Latin American politics explores the country’s political instability and what happens next.
The undermining of democracy across the Americas, especially in the U.S. and Peru, has been occurring via attempts to use laws solely for political gain.
After becoming Peru’s third president in six days, Francisco Sagasti must both lead the country into elections and build a better democracy. It’s a test Peruvian leaders largely failed 20 years ago.
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Professor of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University
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Adjunct Researcher at the Center for Mining and Sustainability Studies at the Universidad del Pacífico (Peru) and PhD Candidate in Geography, The University of Melbourne
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PhD candidate in Political Science, University of Glasgow
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Milton P. and Alice C. Higgins Professor of Environment and Society, Professor of Geography, Clark University
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Departmental Lecturer in International Relations, University of Oxford
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Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Alberta