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Montevideo, April 19th 2024 - 14:57 UTC

Tag: Mercedes Araoz

  • Wednesday, October 2nd 2019 - 09:58 UTC

    Peruvian vice-president resigns as interim president and supports general election

    Vice-president and interim president Mercedes Aráoz said the “constitutional order had broken” and that the country faced a “grave institutional crisis”.

    Peru's vice-president has resigned from her post after declining the opposition's nomination to be interim leader, saying she hoped it would pave the way for a new general election. Mercedes Aráoz said the “constitutional order had broken” and that the country faced a “grave institutional crisis”.

  • Wednesday, March 21st 2018 - 20:27 UTC

    Peruvian president offers resignation to Congress ahead of an impeachment vote

    Kuczynski's resignation follows the shock revelation of several of the president's allies caught allegedly trying to buy a lawmaker to block the impeachment.

    Embattled President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has offered his resignation to Peru's congress ahead of a scheduled vote on whether to impeach the former Wall Street investor on corruption charges, according to a presidential aide. If congress accepts the resignation, power would transfer to Vice President Martin Vizcarra, who is serving as Peru's ambassador to Canada.

  • Friday, February 16th 2018 - 23:14 UTC

    Maduro will not be able to enter Peru or the Summit of the Americas

    “He can not cross Peruvian ground nor sky because he is not being welcomed,” Aráoz said

    The government of Peru announced through its prime minister, Mercedes Aráoz, that it has withdrawn the invitation it sent to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in November to attend the eighth Summit of the Americas, to be held in Lima on the 13th and 14th. of April; a week of the criticized presidential elections decreed by the Constituent Assembly in Venezuela.