Keiko Fujimori's day: Does Carlos Espá leave open the option of taking over the foreign ministry?

Keiko Fujimori’s day: Does Carlos Espá leave open the option of taking over the foreign ministry?

Just two days away from receiving her credentials from the National Jury of Elections (JNE) as president of the Republic, Keiko Fujimori continues with a series of meetings at the Fuerza Popular headquarters in San Isidro. This Monday she received journalist and lawyer Carlos Espá (Sí Creo) and former regional governor of La Libertad César Acuña (APP). Both were opponents of the former first lady in the last presidential elections.

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Who said the debate doesn't matter?, a chronicle by Fernando Vivas about the face-to-face between Fujimori and Sánchez

Who said the debate doesn’t matter?, a chronicle by Fernando Vivas about the face-to-face between Fujimori and Sánchez

Those who asked for ‘brutality’, because they enjoyed it in the first round debates, were left frustrated last Sunday. There was no ‘Popy’ Olivera of the economy nor a Yonhy Lescano of infrastructure gaps. All the polemicists were almost, almost well-behaved, trying to show that they have proposals and know how to execute them. Why so much calm, especially on the orange side? Let me tell you.

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Luz Pacheco: the behind-the-scenes of her resignation from the presidency of the TC and what comes next

Luz Pacheco: the behind-the-scenes of her resignation from the presidency of the TC and what comes next

In an unusual manner, Judge Luz Pacheco Zerga resigned from the presidency of the Constitutional Court (TC), just a few months before the end of her term. The decision was confirmed to El Comercio by Pacheco herself, who made it clear that her resignation was due to “administrative” issues and not jurisdictional in nature. A situation that, however, highlights internal disagreements within the highest interpreter of the Constitution.

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