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Weekly Report - 02 August 2018 (WR-18-30)

PERU: Vizcarra raises the political stakes

Faced by continuing revelations of wrongdoing in the judiciary and elsewhere Peru’s President Martín Vizcarra took the bull by the horns, using the traditional state-of-the-nation address on independence day, 28 July, to announce a wide-ranging referendum on key anti-corruption reforms. It could be held as early as October. But Vizcarra could overreach: relations with congress will be tricky.

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