US EditionPeru: Crisis at the Top of the State, in Full Imbroglio on the Purchase of Fighter Aircraft in the United States
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New political crisis in Peru, where the executive is tearing up around the purchase of F-16 fighter aircraft in the United States. Earlier this week, the interim president, José Maria Balcazar, announced that he wanted to suspend the contract and leave responsibility for the final decision to his successor. Some members of the government disagreed. The Foreign Affairs and Defence Ministers resigned on Wednesday, April 22.
Peru is facing a new political crisis after the resignation on Wednesday of the Foreign and Defence Ministers on the basis of disagreement with Acting President José Maria Balcazar on the purchase of F-16 combat aircraft in the United States.
At the beginning of the week, Peruvian President José María Balcázar announced that he would suspend the firm acquisition of twelve Lockheed-Martin F-16V Viper fighters, as well as the option for twelve additional copies. [...] This content Major crisis around the Lockheed-Martin F-16V Viper in Peru! was first published on legendary aircraft.net - Encyclopaedia of military aviation & aeronautical news
Acting President José María Balcázar had resisted supporting the purchase despite the insistence of Washington and the Peruvian Armed Forces, Read more
(EFE) – Peruvian Congress President Fernando Rospigliosi announced on Wednesday that Parliament will take action on any motion to dismiss the transitional ruler, José María Balcázar, in the midst of the crisis generated in the executive branch by the acquisition of a fleet of F-16 aircraft from the United States. “If a motion of censure is filed and has the signatures, it must be processed, that is established in the regulation and there is no r…
The president of the republic, José María Balcázar, took oath this Thursday, April 23 to Carlos Pareja Ríos as new Minister of Foreign Affairs, in a ceremony held in Government Palace.
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