President Dina Boluarte has chosen to resist at any price at the head of Peru. She replaced Pedro Castillo in December 2022 after he attempted a self-coup d'état.
A latest scandal over the watches she has worn during her time in office has put her on the ropes. The president has become the antithesis of what she herself symbolized as vice president when Castillo won the elections, writes Julian Zelizer. The best solution to get out of the current government discredit would be for Bol Stuarte to fulfill his promise, call elections, he says.