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Weekly Report - 24 July 2014 (WR-14-29)

PERU: Six and counting

Two a year. That is how swiftly President Ollanta Humala is getting through prime ministers. On 22 July Humala swore in Ana Jara as his sixth prime minister six days before he marks his third anniversary in power with a traditional state-of-the-nation address before congress. Jara, who becomes the third female to hold the position in Peru’s history, replaces René Cornejo who lasted just five months. The odds are heavily stacked against Jara bucking this trend and being in place when Humala delivers his fourth address to congress, although if the economic stimulus measures recently rolled out (more of which are due to be announced on 28 July) revive Peru’s rapid rate of growth before the end of the year, she will have a fighting chance.

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