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Updated July 28
Leftist political novice sworn in as Peru’s president
The South American nation s poor and rural citizens supported Pedro Castillo and his slogan No more poor in a rich country.
By REGINA GARCIA CANO and MAURICIO MUNOZAssociated Press
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President-elect Pedro Castillo of Peru and his wife, Lilia Paredes, wave as they leave the Foreign Ministry to go to Congress for his inauguration Wednesday in Lima.
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LIMA, Peru Pedro Castillo, a leftist political novice who has promised to be a champion of his country’s poor, on Wednesday became Peru’s new president.
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Bolivian President, Luis Arce, announced that the binational cabinets with Peru would be resumed after a meeting with Pedro Castillo, who was sworn in this Wednesday (28) as the new Peruvian President.
The Bolivian president expressed that after a meeting with Castillo, they determined to “resume” the binational cabinets between both countries and that the next meeting will be held in Bolivia.
“We have decided to resume the binational cabinets this time together with our social organizations,” said Arce in contact with the press in Lima.
Luis Arce and Pedro Castillo. (Photo internet reproduction)
The details of this binational cabinet will be coordinated between the foreign ministers of both countries to determine the date this activity will occur, said Arce.
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US: Interim Bolivia official took bribes in tear gas deal
By JOSHUA GOODMANMay 25, 2021 GMT
FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2019 file photo, a man kicks a tear gas canister during clashes between police and supporters of former President Evo Morales who set up barricades in La Paz, Bolivia. Former senior Bolivian official Sergio Rodrigo Mendez was arrested for seeking kickbacks from a group of Florida-based businessmen allegedly selling tear gas at inflated prices to the conservative government of former interim President Jeanine Anez, who took power in November 2019 after Morales stepped down amid violent protests disputing his re-election to a fourth straight term. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)