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In this image made from UNTV video, Peru President Martín Vizcarra Cornejo speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, at U.N. headquarters in New York. The U.N.'s first virtual meeting of world leaders started Tuesday with pre-recorded speeches from some of the planet's biggest powers, kept at home by the coronavirus pandemic that will likely be a dominant theme at their video gathering this year. (UNTV via AP)

Peru’s president to face a 2nd impeachment vote in Congress

By FRANKLIN BRICENO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2019 file photo, Peru's President Martin Vizcarra smiles after the swearing-in ceremony of his new cabinet at the government palace in Lima, Peru. On July 28, 2020, the anniversary of independence, Vizcarra tried in a televised speech to galvanize a country battered, like so many others around the world, by economic calamity and mass death from the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

New crisis in Peru as Congress rejects president’s Cabinet

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO - Associated Press

Demonstrators protest at San Martin Plaza in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019, over Attorney General Pedro Chavarry's dismissal of a team investigating the sweeping Odebrecht corruption case. President Martin Vizcarra said Chavarry's actions jeopardize key investigations into allegations of bribery involving some of the country's highest-ranking politicians, including several former presidents. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Peru’s attorney general reverses course on corruption probe

By FRANKLIN BRICENO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2010 file photo, Peru's then President Alan Garcia, attends a meeting in the Port of Ilo, southern Peru. Garcia said Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, he would cooperate with prosecutors investigating him for corruption after Uruguay turned down his asylum request and forced him to leave the residence of its ambassador to the Andean nation. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro, File)

Exit polling indicates Peruvians vote to fight corruption

By FRANKLIN BRICENO - Associated Press

Thousands of Venezuelans on Peru border as deadline nears

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FILE - In tis March 23, 2018 file photo, Peru's newly-sworn in President Martin Vizcarra waves as he makes his way to the House of Pizarro, the presidential residence and workplace, also known as Government Palace, in Lima, Peru. Vizcarra, a soft-spoken engineer stepped into Peru's presidency earlier this year after his predecessor resigned amid scandal. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro, File)

Peru’s president soars as he channels anger over corruption

By FRANKLIN BRICENO - Associated Press

A television screen in the Napoleon restaurant shows Peru's Prime Minister Cesar Villanueva speaking, right, in the Legislative Palace chamber where lawmakers are debating President Martin Vizcarra's call for a referendum on anti-corruption measures, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. If Congress refuses to back his plan, Vizcarra will be empowered to dissolve the legislature, something that hasn't happened since the authoritarian government of Alberto Fujimori in 1992. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Peru’s Congress backs referendum after threat of closure

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In this photo provided by the Peruvian government, Peru's President Martin Vizcarra speaks during a national message at the government palace in Lima, Peru, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. Vizcarra called to the Congress approve his proposals on Wednesday seeking to be submitted to a referendum in December to reform the political and judicial system, which if denied by Parliament could give way to the president closing the Congress. (Andres Valle/Andina News Agency via AP)

Peru president faces standoff with congress over referendum

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