Peru president calls general elections for April 2026

FILE PHOTO: Peru's President Dina Boluarte attends a meeting with Venezuela's opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez, in Lima, Peru January 29, 2025. REUTERS/Alessandro Cinque/File Photo

LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Tuesday called for general elections to be held on April 12, 2026, saying she hoped the vote would put an end to a period of instability.

Boluarte took office in 2022 after her predecessor, former President Pedro Castillo, was removed from office. Her term ends in 2026.

(Reporting by Marco Aquino; Writing by Brendan O'Boyle)