Peru launches impeachment process against president

Lima, Peru • Lawmakers in Peru initiated impeachment proceedings Friday against President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, who is accused of failing to disclose decade-old payments from a Brazilian company embroiled in Latin America’s biggest corruption scandal.In a special session Friday, 27 of 130 members of congress approved launching the process to oust the president, who has defiantly denied wrongdoing.“I’m not running and I’m not hiding because I have no reason to,&rdquo