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Weekly Report - 07 February 2019 (WR-19-05)

PERU: Vizcarra’s grand transformation

President Martín Vizcarra presented a plan on 31 January to drive economic growth and convert Peru into a developed country over the next 20-30 years. Vizcarra accepted that it was an ambitious target but argued that 2018 marked an important beginning with record public investment and a referendum to undertake key reforms, combat corruption, and overhaul the judiciary to encourage private investors. In the 10 months since taking office Vizcarra has exceeded the wildest expectations of the Peruvian public, succeeding where his predecessor Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-2018) failed in driving a wedge in the right-wing Fuerza Popular (FP, Fujimoristas), which should have ended the obstructionism of congress.

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