Peru’s President Martín Vizcarra is unlikely to be impeached when his case goes to Congress on Sep. 18. But the fact that he’s on trial at all suggests the precariousness of Peru’s political system, where ongoing conflict between the presidency and Congress is distracting from efforts to combat one of the world’s deadliest COVID-19 outbreaks and deepest economic recessions.
Jo-Marie Burt
George Mason University
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