Castillo chooses left-wing MP to be Prime Minister of Peru – 07/29/2021 – World EditorJuly 29, 2021 9 The new Peruvian president, Pedro Castillo, chose this Thursday (29) Guido Bellido Ugarte, member of the Congress of his own party, the leftist Peru Libre, to be the Prime Minister of the Andean country. Ugarte is a close name to the main political leader of legend, Vladimir Cerrón, a radical leftist, admirer of Chavismo, convicted of corruption and therefore unable to run for president. Cerrón is Castillo’s political godfather, who took office on Wednesday (28). The choice of Ugarte, 41, elected representative of Cuzco in Parliament, is a sign that Castillo will carry out the announced project of decentralization of the administration.