At least three people have been killed, and the UN has warned that the country is sliding towards war.
As a result, the country slid into civil war.
Unfortunately, he's been ousted from office and the country is sliding back into political chaos.
In early 1946 a British mission failed to bring the two sides together and the country slid closer towards civil war.
With the country already sliding into chaos, most Peruvians were convinced that a coup would only make things worse.
As the 80s and 90s so clearly proved, countries can slide back as well as progress.
But many analysts said they feared that the country was sliding into an undeclared war.
The Socialists have been in power for the last two years as the country has slid into virtual bankruptcy.
The country is sliding toward a chaos that would devastate the hopes for democracy there and elsewhere.
The country slid into self-isolation and isolation, as the fences surrounding it grew ever higher.