Peru president faces impeachment vote amid pandemic turmoil

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra’s job is on the line Friday as opposition lawmakers push through an impeachment hearing criticized as a hasty and poorly timed ouster attempt in one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Lawmakers appear to be far short of the two-thirds majority vote required to remove Vizcarra from office, but even if he dodges the impeachment attempt analysts warn he won’t escape the ordeal entirely unscathed. Hi