- Left-wing Peruvian President Pedro Castillo was ousted from power Wednesday following a botched “coup.”
- Castillo is in police custody after attempting to dissolve the Peruvian Congress.
- The Congress voted 101-6 to replace Castillo with his vice president, Dina Boluarte, on grounds of “permanent moral incapacity.”
- Boluarte, the first woman to assume the country’s top job, denounced Castillo’s bid to dissolve Congress.
