Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has sworn in his fourth cabinet since taking office six months ago, replacing his latest prime minister who lasted three days on the job. President Castillo’s latest reshuffle comes amid internal struggles in the government and attacks by right-wing groups that have defined the left-wing leader’s first months as president.
He has also faced attacks from far-right opposition groups who have sought unsuccessfully to impeach him and from Peru’s ruling Marxist Free Peru party, under which he was elected but has since distanced himself.
The party has condemned the president’s more centrist economic policies. On Tuesday, President Castillo swore in seventy-nine-year-old Anibal Torres as prime minister. He has been the head of the justice ministry since the current government took power in July. President Castillo, a school teacher who campaigned on restructuring the Latin American country’s economy to better serve the poor, swore in his third cabinet following the surprise resignation of Prime Minister Mirtha Vasquez due to disagreements over promotions in the police force Minister
Chidozie Chima | August 29, 2024
