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Weekly Report - 09 January 2014 (WR-14-01)
PERU: First Lady steps into firing line
First Lady Nadine Heredia has taken over as president of the Partido Nacionalista Peruano (PNP), triggering a fresh wave of speculation about her supposed determination to succeed President Ollanta Humala in 2016. While Heredia denied this, for the umpteenth time, the political opposition accused her of overweening political ambition, arguing that it was inappropriate for a First Lady to assume such an overtly partisan political role.
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