LIMA, Peru — Pedro Castillo, a leftist political novice who has promised to be a champion of his country’s poor, on Wednesday became Peru’s new president.The rural teacher who has never held political office before was sworn in less than two weeks…
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LIMA, Peru — Pedro Castillo, a leftist political novice who has promised to be a champion of his country’s poor, on Wednesday became Peru’s new president.The rural teacher who has never held political office before was sworn in less than two weeks…