Peruvian President Impeached, Detained Following Attempt To Dissolve Congress



Peruvian lawmakers have voted to oust President Pedro Castillo after he tried to dissolve the country’s Congress and install an emergency government. NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez has the latest, including how Castillo has been placed under arrest for violating the Constitution.

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22 comments

  1. Theres something worse than a country with many politicians in prison, a country without none..

  2. I bet my left nut that the new female president is just as corrupt as every former male president.

  3. You're telling me that when a sitting president plots to subvert the government they should be arrested? Hmm….

  4. In the end he was a sorry excuse of a dictator, just as many people pointed he would be. And he did the same thing Fujimori did. Now, he's in the same jail as Fujimori. Irony sometimes is truly poetic.

  5. More corruption than Illinois Government

  6. The Peruvian government and Congress is completely controlled by the CIA, and is far right. The president is on the left, the real coup is by the Congress of Peru and the CIA.

    Liberal MSNBC can’t even get that right.

    Liberal is NOT left.

  7. When was the last time a Peruvian president was able to complete a single term?

  8. How long until that VP gets busted?

  9. These presidents are trying to be a wierd mix of crooked Mexicans and Donald Trumpf….

  10. All would be dictators deserve Gaddafi's fate

  11. America. Did the same with the thief in the white house

  12. Wow. Sounds like the former leader of the free world. Take note. This is what happens to bad leaders. The people unit.
    Peace to all

  13. What about electing a normal guy that isn't far left or far right?

  14. I admire puru if congress in the US was not bunch of cowards or corrupt like republicans maybe trump would of being in jail by now

  15. The same should be done in most European countries and of causes in Canada (our 20th-century dictator MR.T). Say what you want but there is no democracy in these countries anymore. 🙁

  16. Wow what a joke. I guarantee this country is being influenced externally. Of course a woman is just given the presidency

  17. Which means the president Was correct and people were meddling

  18. They've got some weird governments in South America. Dissolve congress?!

  19. I seen this before (Bolivia) lol another coup sponsored by United States to steal Peru Lithium and bring "democracy" by putting a non elected president lmao classic american moment

  20. Never good when a woman takes over

  21. For this who don’t know: It’s great that he got impeached because he was a corrupted leader who got there under false premises. He’s not a true leftist. However, in order to get rid of the corruption we need to remove most of the people in congress. Most are unqualified and also have corruption accusations.