The highlights this week: Peru’s president is impeached amid anti-government protests, Chinese auto giant BYD opens a mega-plant in Brazil, and an “anti-Hamilton” musical captivates Mexico.

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The highlights this week: Peru’s president is impeached amid anti-government protests, Chinese auto giant BYD opens a mega-plant in Brazil, and an “anti-Hamilton” musical captivates Mexico.

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Peru’s Presidential Limbo

Peru’s Congress impeached President Dina Boluarte by a unanimous vote last Friday, marking the second time that the legislature has removed a leader since the 2021 presidential election.

Boluarte previously served as vice president to Pedro Castillo, who was booted from office in December 2022 after an attempt to rule by decree. Her ouster is unsurprising. She weathered several scandals, including an accusation that she received Rolex watches as bribes, and limped along for months with an approval rating of less than 5 percent.

Just after midnight on Oct. 10, Peru’s Congress took action and removed Boluarte for the vague offense of “moral incapacity” to govern. The immediate trigger was a shooting in Lima two days earlier, which lawmakers argued underscored her government’s inability to contain crime.

Peru now has its seventh president in less than 10 years: José Jerí, who was the leader of Congress and thus next in the line of succession.