One year since his improbable victory, Pedro Castillo is mired in corruption allegations and congressional deadlock. One year into his five-year term, Castillo has survived two impeachment attempts , a whiplash-inducing change of cabinet ministers, and deepening economic and political strife. Last summer, Castillo, a political fledgling and son of illiterate farmers, stormed into Lima from his native Cajamarca in Peru’s northern Andes. An improbable frontman for his Marxist Free Peru party, he promised to rewrite Peru’s constitution, redistribute mineral wealth and resuscitate a nation reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic . His deeply unpopular far-right challenger, Keiko Fujimori , daughter of Peruvian strongman Alberto Fujimori, admonished voters that Castillo’s economic policies would steer the country into a crisis similar to Venezuela’s. But to many among Peru’s exasperated elect...