Peru Congress' push to impeach president passes first hurdle

Lawmakers gather on the day opposition lawmakers present a motion to remove Peru’s President Dina Boluarte, one of the world's most unpopular leaders, from office, in Lima, Peru October 9, 2025. REUTERS/Angela Ponce

LIMA (Reuters) -Peru's Congress voted on Thursday in favor of moving forward with a proposal to impeach President Dina Boluarte, in a late-night vote called hours after lawmakers from across the political spectrum presented motions for her removal.

The vote makes this the first of a series of impeachment motions to be admitted for debate in the conservative-dominated Congress, which has historically supported the deeply unpopular president.

(Reporting by Marco Aquino in Lima and Sarah Morland in Mexico City; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)