Lima, Mar 9 (EFE).- President Pedro Castillo’s Cabinet secured a vote of confidence from Peru’s Congress early Wednesday just hours after opposition parties launched their second bid to impeach the leftist head of state since he took office last July. In a session that lasted more than nine hours, Prime Minister Anibal Torres and his …
Peruvian President Pedro Castillo is quickly losing the backing of left-wing and centrist groups that have supported the government after his decision to appoint several controversial Cabinet members earlier this week.
At the center of the latest political crisis is new Peruvian Prime Minister Hector Valer, who had to deny in a Thursday news conference allegations of domestic violence against his wife and daughter.
Calls for his replacement came from women’s organizations, centrist lawmakers who had previously supported the president and right-wing parties that have always opposed him. Some have called for Castillo to resign.
Other Cabinet picks have also outraged Peruvians, including