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Weekly Report - 16 December 2003

PERU: Scandal topples Merino and others

Beatriz Merino, the government official with the highest public approval rating (65%), has resigned as the result of an influence-peddling charge - the third case of alleged impropriety to have hit the Toledo administration in the last few weeks. This precipitated President Alejandro Toledo's third cabinet reshuffle in 25 weeks.

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