Peru’s first female president fails to quash violent protests despite invoking Emergency
World | December 17, 2022 9:42 ISTPeru 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.