In one of his first acts as interim president of Peru, José Jerí on Saturday led a series of raids on prisons holding gang leaders nationwide, the presidency said, a day after the ouster of his deeply unpopular predecessor over her failure to curb rising crime.

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Peruvian President Jose Jeri scrambled to assemble a new government after taking office on Friday, looking to tap names that can help calm widespread public anger over rising crime and corruption ahead of next year's elections.

Pressure on Boluarte mounted in recent weeks as "Gen Z" protesters took to the streets of Lima over a law requiring young people to contribute to private pension funds, despite job insecurity and an unofficial employment rate of more than 70 percent.

GNI per capita $7,090 in 2023 (Chile $15,800, UK $47,700) Peru primarily exports raw materials, with China, the US and Canada its biggest trading partners. Mining, agriculture and tourism are the largest industries. More than 70% of the labour force is informal. Subsistence farming remains vital to the rural poor.

Coffee output in Peru, the world's fifth largest arabica coffee exporter, has tumbled 10% this year due to low prices and migrant labour shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the country's national coffee federation told Reuters.