US EditionPeru’s Congress Appoints José María Balcázar as President, the Eighth in a Decade
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Gabriela Sommerfeld Wishes Peru “Success and Stability” After the Appointment of José maría Balcázar
Ecuador’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility, Gabriela Sommerfeld, wished “the best of successes and greater stability” to Peru after the appointment by Congress of the new interim president, the left-wing parliamentary octogenarian José María Balcázar.
Peru stands again under the eyes of all South America. This time, the focus is on the election of José María Balcázar as president of Congress and, consequently, as interim president of the country, just a day after his predecessor, the controversial José Jerí, was dismissed by a motion of censure driven by allegations of corruption. Balcázar, 83-year-old lawyer and militant of the left-wing party Perú Libre, was imposed in the first round of vo…
The Congress has appointed José Maria Balcázar to lead the country after the censorship of José Jerí, who remained in office for four months. As the general elections arrive, the Peruvians' confidence in their political class is at the lowest.
Balcazar assumes the Presidency at a time of deep political volatility and public mistrust in the country
The Peru Parliament removes José Enrique Jeri after four months and chooses the 83-year-old José Maria Balcázar as the new interim head of state. Among scandals, investigations, drug trafficking and protests, the country arrives at the elections on April 12 in full political instability.
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