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  Peru’s first female president fails to quash violent protests despite invoking Emergency

  World | Dec 17, 2022, 09:42 AM IST

  Peru protests: Almost since the moment last week when Dina Boluarte took over from the ousted leader Pedro Castillo to become Peru’s first female president, she has appealed for calm and a chance to govern, insisting that the caretaker job came to her out of circumstance, not personal ambition.

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  Peru declares emergency after two killed in protest

  World | May 29, 2012, 01:39 PM IST

  Lima (Peru)May 29, 2012: Peru's government declared a 30-day state of emergency in a highland province on Monday after it said two people were killed and dozens of police officers injured in violent anti-mining protests.