Tag: Mercedes Araoz Peru Vice President

• Wednesday, September 20th 2017 - 01:46 UTC

  Peru appoints more conservative cabinet following a no confidence vote

  

  Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski made Vice President Mercedes Araoz his new prime minister in a Cabinet shuffle on Sunday that won praise from the opposition - a sign his year-old government will likely avoid a fresh standoff with Congress. Kuczynski also swore in Deputy Economy Minister Claudia Cooper as his new finance minister and replaced his justice, education, health and housing ministers.