A Scandal-Slowdown Blend

PERU - Report 01 Aug 2014 by Roberto Abusada

Executive Summary Though just five months have elapsed since the fifth cabinet was sworn in, last week an embattled Prime Minister Rene Cornejo was forced to resign. Simultaneously, President Ollanta Humala and First Lady Nadine Heredia succeeded in getting their handpicked candidate, Ana Maria Solórzano, chosen as their party’s candidate for president of Congress. That move created a schism within Humala’s Gana Peru party, and led six members of Congress to resign from the party. Solórzano was narrowly elected. Now opposition leaders, including Alan Garcia and Keiko Fujimori, are suggestin...

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