LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 27 April 2018

One month on from assuming the presidency of Peru from Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Martín Vizcarra’s primary achievement is that this period has been quiet and uneventful, with nothing for the media to sink their teeth into. This could be starting to change. Firstly, a report released by the national statistics institute (Inei) this week showed that poverty increased in 2017 for the first time this millennium. This may not have been on Vizcarra’s watch (although he was Vice President at the time) but it is something which his government will need to be seen to address. Secondly, the production minister, Daniel Córdova, tendered his resignation, becoming in the process Vizcarra’s first cabinet casualty. As so often in Peru, he was undone by a leaked video.

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