Weekly Report - 8 May 2014 (WR-14-18)

Absolutely no interference from First Lady Nadine Heredia. René Cornejo had to make this promise to win a congressional vote of confidence in March to become Peru’s prime minister. But an interview with Heredia just published by local magazine Cosas reveals that her influence within the government of her husband, President Ollanta Humala, is as great as ever. Heredia’s attempt to have some of her more controversial political comments excised just before publishing shows a later recognition of the negative fallout her candour could have for Humala, although the effect was to attract even more publicity.

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