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Peru's interim president, Manuel Merino, announces resignation after national upheaval

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LIMA, Peru - Peru's interim president announced his resignation Sunday as the nation plunged into its worst constitutional crisis in two decades following massive protests unleashed when Congress ousted the nation's popular leader.In a short televised address, Manuel Merino said he'd acted within the law when he was sworn into office as chief of state Tuesday, despite protesters' allegations that Congress had.

staged a parliamentary coup.“I, like everyone, want what's best for our country,” he said.The decision came after a night of unrest in which dozens of protesters were injured from blunt force, tear gas or projectiles that rights groups say came predominantly from police using excessive force to quell the protests.A network of human.

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