Peruvian legislators oust president after he dissolves Congress

Pedro Castillo (Enrique Shore/Alamy/PA)

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has dissolved the nation’s Congress and called for new legislative elections, but legislators rejected the decree and voted to replace him with the vice president.

Mr Castillo had tried to beat legislators to the punch as they prepared to debate a third attempt to remove him from office. The national ombudsman’s office called his move a coup.