Lima: Peru swore in its third president in just over a week on Tuesday in a televised ceremony that residents of the fraught South American country watched with both hope and scepticism after the worst constitutional crisis in two decades.
Donning the red and white presidential sash, Francisco Sagasti promised to restore trust in government and paid homage to two young men who died during protests that erupted last week when Congress voted to oust a popular predecessor.
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In Lima, many said they were cautiously optimistic the elder statesman could steer the country back to stability after a week of upheaval.
But Sagasti has a steep road ahead.
Young Peruvians still angry at a government they see as self-interested and corrupt marched in the capital after the ceremony.
"There is no justice and there is no reconciliation, we cannot make a better country," said protester Jorge Quinteros.
Congress remains full of squabbling political parties that have pushed two presidents out in one five-year term.
And Sagasti has just five months in office before the presidential election.
AP
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