Former Peru President Alan García died on Wednesday after shooting himself in the head when the authorities tried to arrest him on corruption charges, the New York Times reports.
Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 191
Blue Wave Update
Trial Balloon · Ep. 191: Blue Wave Update
Peru’s President Resigns Before Impeachment Vote
Peru President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski “presented his resignation to Congress after vote-buying allegations ensnared his center-right government in a fresh scandal on the eve of an impeachment vote,” Reuters reports.
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