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Peru has a female president for the first time, after ex-president Pedro Castillo was impeached - hours after he tried to dissolve parliament. Dina Boluarte - previously the vice-president - was sworn in after a dramatic day in Lima on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, Mr Castillo had said he was replacing Congress with an "exceptional emergency government". But lawmakers ignored this, and in an emergency meeting impeached him. He was then detained and accused of rebellion. Ms Boluarte, a 60-year-old lawyer, said she would govern until July 2026, which is when Mr Castillo's presidency would have ended. Speaking after...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s new government imposed a police state Wednesday in response to violent protests following the ouster of President Pedro Castillo. The 30-day national emergency declaration suspends the rights of “personal security and freedom” across the Andean nation. Acts of vandalism, violence and highway blockades “require a forceful and authoritative response from the government,” Defense Minister Luis Otarola Peñaranda announced. The declaration suspends the rights of assembly and freedom of movement and empowers the police, supported by Peru’s military, to search people’s homes without permission or judicial order. Otarola said it has not determined whether a curfew...

Peru’s new president Pedro Castillo, 51, deserves credit for vowing to focus his government on improving the lives of the country’s poverty-stricken indigenous population. But his first steps in office raise fears that he will scare away investors, generate capital flight and — after a short-lived populist fiesta — create more poverty. Castillo, a leftist former elementary school teacher who had never before held public office, assumed the presidency on July 28 after winning the runoff elections with a razor-thin 0.3 percent of the vote. He controls only 37 seats in the 130-member Congress. Some hoped that Castillo’s minority in...

The US launched air strikes on Iranian backed militia in Syria and Iraq this evening... Tomorrow morning the next court hearing for two men arrested during Idaho's special legislative session last year as they tried to observe action on coronavirus related legislation... Crowds fleeing to the countryside of Bangladesh this weekend with a nationwide coronavirus lockdown set to start tomorrow. No one will be allowed to leave their homes unless it it an emergency... Darwin, Australia moving into a lockdown that will last at least 48 hours... Some coronavirus restrictions also in force for several days in and around Perth...

Canadian pastor Tim Stephens arrested again by police in Calgary, Alberta. He's staying in jail rather than comply with bail conditions that demand he not hold church services.... Peoples Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier was arrested in the province of Manitoba for participating in a protest opposing coronavirus controls... Eight of the "fully vaccinated" at dead in Maine after contracting COVID-19. Some 457 "breakthough" cases of COVID-19 involving the "fully vaccinated" reported in the state... The talking point of the major media tonight 600-thousand deaths attributed to COVID-19 in the US. "Mask Dispute" leads to fatal shooting in Georgia......

"Why is State Senator Jake Corman of Pennsylvania fighting so hard that there not be a Forensic Audit of the 2020 Presidential Scam? Corman is fighting as though he were a Radical Left Democrat, saying that a Forensic Audit of Pennsylvania will not take place. Why is Senator David Argall playing the same game?..." That's part of President Trump's message on social media today via Gab. He's asking why President Pro Tempore of the State Senate here in Pennsylvania, Republican Jake Corman of Centre County, is opposing a forensic audit of last year's election. The same question being asked about...

In Israel today a new government voted in by the Knesset the country's parliament. The vote ends 12 years of leadership by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The vote 60-59 with one abstention.... Naftali Bennett has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister... Congratulations for the new government fro other nations including US President Joe Biden. Mr. Bennett spoke with Biden by phone... A large protest drew tens of thousands onto the streets of Madrid today. Many Spaniards opposed to pardons for Catalan political leaders... The Mayor of Moscow declaring non-working days from June 15th to 19th due to increased...

Welcome to Your Weekend the sentiments of my week expressed in the music set that reflects my opening up the boxes of my past to sort things out and throw away some things and keep others. The cards and letters from people in my past like the guy that lived in an "Animal House" fraternity setting and ended up joining the Salvation Army. The man who was the Best Man at my wedding who told me the truth about myself just years after I got married and was working in the mainstream media serving as the officer of the church...

The number of vaccine deaths jumped double digits in the latest US reporting. The Israeli political situation with Prime Minister Netanyahu saying 'people rightly feel cheated' with the new government being proposed but first... 27 arrests in Minneapolis Saturday night in a third night of protests over the killing of Winston Smith by a US Marshals Task Force... (Comment) Not such a big deal because Joe Biden is President mainstream media? Also feds not using body cams if local law enforcement uses them why not feds? The latest Centers for Disease Control data on vaccine side effects showing 759 new...

"I don't think there is an alternative" Those words from the chief of Dubai's airport in the United Arab Emirates about vaccine passports... Two are dead and more than 150 injured the collapse of s grandstand at a synagogue in Jerusalem this evening... The Conflict In Israel... Israel says 10 have been killed in rocket strikes... The Hamas authorities in Gaza said this morning that 188 have been killed there... The Israeli Shin Bet internal security agency has been active arresting dozens believed to have been involved in rioting and "ethnic attacks"... Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will continue...

Ecuador moves to the right and the ultra-left passes to the second round in Peru EFE International Edition 12 Apr. 2021https://www.efe.com/efe/espana/mundo/ecuador-gira-a-la-derecha-y-ultraizquierda-pasa-segunda-vuelta-en-peru/10001-4509419 Ecuador’s Guillermo Lasso Wins Presidential Election Conservative banker defeats protégé of leftist ex-president Rafael Correa, setting the country on pro-business path Ecuador’s Guillermo Lasso waved to supporters as he celebrated his victory on Sunday. By Ryan Dube Updated April 11, 2021 11:15 pm ET Ecuador on Sunday elected a conservative former banker and supporter of free-market policies as president over his populist opponent, setting the country on a pro-business path. Guillermo Lasso, 65 years old, received over 52% of...