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Peruvian President Pedro Castillo announced an updated cabinet on Friday, including leadership changes to six ministries, as his embattled administration engages in wide-ranging conflicts with its
By Marco Aquino and Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) -Peruvian opposition lawmakers said on Friday that President Pedro Castillo is trying to dissolve the legislature, as he named a new prime minister after suggesting Congress had fired his previous one despite not holding a vote on the matter. Castillo named Betssy Chavez as new prime minister, a close ally and lawmaker who has previously served as minister of culture. Peru is mired in a long-standing clash between its independent state powers, which deepened on Thursday on Castillo s decision to reshuffle his Cabinet after Congress rejected his request for a confidence vote, claiming legal requirements were not met to hold it. There is an executive coup underway to shut down Congress, conservative lawmaker Carlos Anderson told Reuters. The confidence vote request was meant to pressure Congress with high-stake consequences including firing the Cabinet and dissolving parliament. Castillo said denying the request was similar to Congress
By Marco Aquino and Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA (Reuters) -Peruvian opposition lawmakers said on Friday that President Pedro Castillo is trying to dissolve.
LIMA (Reuters) -Peruvian opposition lawmakers said on Friday that President Pedro Castillo is trying to dissolve the legislature, as he named a new prime minister after suggesting Congress had fired his previous one despite not holding a vote on the matter.