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

  World | December 17, 2022 9:42 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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  Leftist Humala Claims Narrow Win In Peru Election

  World | June 06, 2011 14:05 IST

  Lima, Peru, Jun 6 : Leftist military man Ollanta Humala claimed victory Sunday night and pledged to honor the free market but put Peruvians first, after unofficial results showed him narrowly winning a bitterly contested