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Peru 'in crisis' as interim president resigns

A caravan of demonstrators on motorcycles ride after interim President Manuel Merino resigned his post

A caravan of demonstrators on motorcycles ride after interim President Manuel Merino resigned his post Source: AAP

Manuel Merino insists that he'd acted within the law when he was sworn into office as chief of state, despite protestors' claims of a coup.



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