Peru’s Castillo calls new president a ‘usurper’ as protest death toll reaches seven

Ousted president calls successor Dina Boluarte the snot and slobber of the coup-mongering right' in a letter written behind bars

Ousted Peruvian president Pedro Castillo has derided his successor as a usurper", and vowed to continue as head of state as the death toll from growing protests against the new government of Dina Boluarte rose to seven.

Demonstrations in support of Castillo spread from city to city on the sixth day of unrest, with widespread vandalism and looting showing little sign of abating.