{"id":2497650,"date":"2025-10-10T17:30:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T21:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/peru-removes-historically-unpopular-president-boluarte-after-three-years\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T17:33:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T21:33:40","slug":"peru-removes-historically-unpopular-president-boluarte-after-three-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/peru-removes-historically-unpopular-president-boluarte-after-three-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Peru removes historically unpopular President Boluarte after three years"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fperu-removes-historically-unpopular-president-boluarte-after-three-years%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2497650&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, one of the most unpopular leaders in the country&#8217;s history, was removed from office after nearly three years through a unanimous congressional vote. Boluarte assumed the presidency in December 2022 following the arrest of her predecessor, Pedro Castillo, amid a political crisis. Her tenure was marked by shifting political alliances, heavy reliance on the military to suppress protests, allegations of corruption, and a notable surge in crime rates.These issues led to her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jordan-bardella-could-be-next-prime-minister-of-france-at-age-28\/\" title=\"At 28, Jordan Bardella may become France&#039;s next prime minister\">approval ratings plummeting<\/a> to record lows, including single-digit figures and near-zero support among young Peruvians.<\/p>\n<p>boluarte was ousted on charges of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-peruvian-president-impeached-after-vowing-to-dissolve-congress\/\" title=\"Leftist ...vian ... Impeached After Vowing To Dissolve ...\">permanent moral incapacity<\/a>&#8221; after failing to appear in Congress to address corruption allegations and escalating crime problems intensified by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-arrests-two-men-for-placing-bomb-under-news-vehicle-in-utah\/\" title=\"FBI arrests two men for placing bomb under news vehicle in Utah\">recent fatal shooting<\/a> at a lima concert. Congress promptly swore in Jos\u00e9 Jer\u00ed as interim president,who pledged to prioritize public security and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/refund-the-police-major-cities-are-backtracking-on-police-cuts-after-explosion-of-violent-crime\/\" title=\"Refund The Police? Major Cities Are Backtracking On Police Cuts After Explosion Of Violent Crime\">combat rising crime<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout her presidency, Boluarte faced intense criticism, including for violent police crackdowns on protesters that resulted in multiple deaths, her cold public responses, and her unexplained accumulation of expensive personal jewelry despite her modest official salary. Despite surviving multiple impeachment attempts, her downfall reflected widespread dissatisfaction wiht her government&#8217;s inability to control insecurity and corruption in Peru.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Peru removes historically unpopular President Boluarte after three years over crime surge<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2369275\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>One of the most unpopular heads of <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/peru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">state<\/a> in history was removed from <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">office<\/a> Friday in a unanimous congressional vote, after nearly three years in office.<\/p>\n<p>Former Peruvian President Dina Boluarte took power on Dec. 7, 2022, quickly sworn in after the eclectic populist socialist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1430919\/pedro-castillo-populist-socialist-and-schoolteacher-inaugurated-as-president-of-peru\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">President Pedro Castillo<\/a> launched a botched self-coup. As vice president, she assumed office when Castillo&rsquo;s government refused to back him, leading to his arrest. Her vacillating political allegiances, reliance on the military to suppress protests, alleged corruption, and surging crime made her tremendously unpopular, earning single-digit approval ratings beginning in January 2024. After years of resilience, she was finally ousted in a 122-0 vote early on Friday after she failed to come to Congress to defend herself against corruption allegations and questions about surging crime.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3845638\/nobel-peace-prize-winner-machado-dedicates-award-trump\/\">Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado dedicates award to Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3845526\/polymarket-odds-skyrocketed-maria-corina-machado-nobel-peace-prize-win\/\">Polymarket odds skyrocketed for Maria Corina Machado in hours before Nobel Peace Prize win<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3845512\/blackouts-envelop-ukraine-russia-targets-energy-infrastructure\/\">Blackouts envelop Ukraine as Russia targets energy infrastructure<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Peru President Dina Boluarte addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo\/Yuki Iwamura)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The session of Congress was prompted by a shooting at a concert in Lima on Wednesday, laying bare the country&rsquo;s growing crime problem. She was called to testify before Congress by midnight on Thursday, but was a no-show. Just after midnight, she was removed from office, with the leader of Congress, Jos&eacute; Jer&iacute;, 38, sworn in as interim president.<\/p>\n<p>Congress removed her on grounds of &ldquo;permanent moral incapacity,&rdquo; a term in the country&rsquo;s constitution originally referring to mental injury or disability.<\/p>\n<p>Boluarte tried to add a bittersweet ending to her tumultuous presidency, delivering a final address after the vote to lay out her legacy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have not thought of myself, but rather of Peruvians,&rdquo; she said in a nationally broadcast address, outlining her government&rsquo;s accomplishments, according to the <em>Associated Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In a final embarrassment, Boluarte&rsquo;s address was cut off just minutes in to show Jer&iacute;&rsquo;s swearing in.<\/p>\n<p>Jer&iacute; pledged to safeguard Peru&rsquo;s sovereignty and hand over power to the winner of the next year&rsquo;s April elections in his inaugural speech. His main focus, however, was curbing crime.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, we have to take immediate actions,&rdquo; he told the legislature. &ldquo;The evil that afflicts us in this moment is insecurity in the streets, the criminal gangs, the criminal organizations. They are today our enemies, and, as enemies, we must declare war on nationwide crime.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Jer&iacute; will be the third Peruvian to serve out Castillo&rsquo;s five-year term. The presidential baton was handed from the left-wing Castillo to the politically vacillating Boluarte, and now to the center-right Jer&iacute;.<\/p>\n<p>Boluarte&rsquo;s presidency was riddled with controversy from the beginning, struggling with international legitimacy after taking power during a political crisis. She quickly pivoted away from her left-wing allies and toward the armed forces and the right-wing in Congress. A week after taking power, ten protesters were massacred and over 60 were wounded by police gunfire in Ayacucho. A month later, at least 18 protesters were killed and over 100 were injured by police gunfire in Juliaca, a massacre Boluarte blamed on Bolivia.<\/p>\n<p>Her cold response to the deaths, rhetorically asking, &ldquo;How many more deaths do you want?&rdquo; further entrenched bitterness against her.<\/p>\n<p>Her situation never managed to improve, especially as her government was rocked by continuous corruption allegations. Journalists discovered that she had somehow amassed a jewelry collection valued at $500,000, despite a monthly presidential salary of $4,200.<\/p>\n<p>Her reliance on the military failed to address the security situation in the country, either. Official figures showed homicide rates reaching their highest since 2017, with 6,041 people killed between January and August. Extortion complaints rose by 28% between January and July compared to the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1430919\/pedro-castillo-populist-socialist-and-schoolteacher-inaugurated-as-president-of-peru\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PEDRO CASTILLO, POPULIST SOCIALIST AND SCHOOLTEACHER, INAUGURATED AS PRESIDENT OF PERU<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Boluarte&rsquo;s main legacy is her <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >record-breaking low popularity<\/a>, by some estimates, the lowest ever. The first opinion poll taken in January 2023 had her approval rating at just 19%, a total that kept declining. By the next year she consistently polled in the single digits, and in one CPI poll, was found to have a 0% approval rating among Peruvians ages 19-24. By July 2025, her approval rating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c9vrd4yjj0no\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stood at just 2%<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, she managed to maintain power for nearly three years by relying on the military and right-wing parties in Congress. She had survived seven impeachment attempts before the final, fateful one on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peru ousts unpopular President Boluarte after 3 years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2497651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25266588013443.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[64996,9931,39416,64995,38259],"class_list":["post-2497650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-government-removal","tag-peru","tag-political-change","tag-president-boluarte","tag-south-america"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25266588013443.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2497650"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2497654,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497650\/revisions\/2497654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2497651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2497650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2497650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2497650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}