Humala dumps hardliners, names new ‘soft hand’ cabinet to calm anti-mining protests

Tuesday, July 24th 2012 - 06:15 UTC

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President Ollanta Humala named human rights lawyer Juan Jimenez prime minister on Monday as the Peruvian leader shuffled his cabinet to calm a wave of violent anti-mining protests and a drop in his popularity. Read full article

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British_Kirchnerist
This seems like good news overall, its good that he's listening (it seems) more to popular pressure. Still dissapointing overall for a left leader so far
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