A $15,000 Rolex Threatens to Worsen Peru Leader’s 9% Approval Rating
- President Dina Boluarte is battling allegations of corruption
- Boluarte has acknowledged owning at least one Rolex watch
Dina Boluarte
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Dina Boluarte is discovering the risks of leading a country that jails ex-presidents so often that it built a special prison to hold them.
Just a year into Boluarte’s term as Peru’s president, about 80% of voters wanted her gone. That was before a scandal erupted over how exactly she came to own a collection of luxury goods, including a Rolex wristwatch she has sported at public events.