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Peru's Presidents Keep Falling. Its Economy Doesn't

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Key Points — Peru’s Congress removed interim president José Jerí on February 17 after just four months, replacing him with 83-year-old leftist legislator José María Balcázar — the country’s eighth president in a decade. Jerí was caught in secret meetings with a Chinese businessman holding government concessions. — Peru is formally a presidential republic but […]

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José María Balcázar has taken this Tuesday oath to his Transitional Cabinet, a week after becoming the eighth president of Peru in a decade. The president has elected for the most part technocrats who come from the previous administration of José Jerí. Or they were ministers or vice ministers.

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Peru Libre returns: MEF “listed” for its number 9 holder in 5 years, the list of pendingThe night of Wednesday, February 18, José María Balcázar, 83, became the new president of Peru, the eighth in a decade. With this, the return of the bench of Peru Libre to power took place just over three years after Pedro Castillo attempted a coup d’état. Legislator for Lambayeque, who became a curul when he obtained just over 6,000 votes, has the task of le…

Constitutional lawyer Ángel Delgado Silva analyzed the complex political landscape that crosses the country after the departure of Dina Boluarte and the succession of presidents in a short period of time. The jurist described the situation as a clear sign of the “deep and terrible instability” generated, he said, by decisions adopted from the Congress in the middle of the electoral stage. Delgado questioned the dismissal of Dina Boluarte a few m…

The news Ecclesial Organizations of Peru call for sanity and responsibility after the dismissal of José Jerí was first published in Last Minute Religious News

In the context of the recent change in the presidency of the republic, the version circulated that the new interim president, José María Balcázar, is affiliated to the political group Now Nación. The message is accompanied by a cropped image of the membership of that party in which the name of Balcázar appears. However, after reviewing documents and official data of the National Elections Jury (JNE) and consulting with members of that political …

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Samvada World broke the news in on Monday, February 23, 2026.
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