Who is perus current leader

Although Fujimori claimed fraud regarding , votes, international observers did not report irregularities. Last year, Congress pushed an impeachment process against former President Martin Vizcarra, which forced him to step down. Two million people have lost their jobs and nearly one-third now live in poverty, according to official figures. The country has the world's highest per capita death rate from the virus.

It reports nearly , deaths and more than 2 million infections, according to Johns Hopkins University.

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Bellido is an acolyte of Vladimir Cerron, the founder and leader of the Free Peru party. Cerron has previously defended Cuba's communist government. Bellido has reportedly expressed sympathies for the Shining Path terrorist group on social media, the Peruvian La Republica newspaper has reported.

The Maoist guerilla group had sought for years to undermine the Peruvian government in a bloody insurgency that began in Bellido will need to be confirmed by Peru's Congress, which has a majority of center to center-right members.

Bellido's swearing-in comes one day after Castillo took the oath of office as the country's new leader. In his inauguration address on Wednesday, Castillo pledged to change the country's constitution, which espouses free-market principles. Castillo's rejection of free market ideas and leftist economic policy has concerned investors, who have warned that the country could experience capital flight.

If Castillo picks more market-friendly members for his cabinet, it could alleviate concerns among investors. Peru's rival during the June 6 runoff election , right-wing populist Keiko Fujimori , has said her Popular Force party "will be a firm wall against the latest threat of a new communist constitution. Fujimori's father, former President Alberto Fujimori, was instrumental in shaping Peru's current constitution.

Peru's new president was raised by illiterate peasants in the poor region of Cajamarca, which lies in the Andes mountains in northern Peru. While fraud claims have been discredited, Castillo beat his far-right opponent by only the narrowest of margins — just 44, out of Analysts say the slim victory will leave the leftist outsider — who has never before held public office — with little room to manoeuvre.

He was later jailed in for 25 years for corruption and death squad killings. It is the third consecutive and narrow defeat for Fujimori in presidential runoffs. His party has 37 out of seats in congress so he will need to seek alliances to survive.