For the third time since the current five-year presidential term began in July 2021, Peru’s congress on Tuesday impeached and removed the mountainous South American nation’s head of state from office, this time canning President Jose Jeri on corruption charges stemming from a series of undisclosed meetings with two Chinese businessmen with government contracts, the AP reports.
Jeri was pretty much just getting settled in as he was tapped to take over for now-former-President Dina Boluarte in October, herself having been elevated to the presidency after the last guy who was actually elected, Pedro Castillo, was impeached and removed in 2022. The 2021 to 2026 term needs just one more removal to beat the record of four presidents hit during the 2016 to 2021 term.