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The approval of President Keiko Fujimori went from 60% in August to 42% in September, a drop of 18 percentage points in one month, according to the latest national survey by Datum Internacional for El Comercio.
Elmer Cuba, head of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), reported that the State will assume approximately half of the increase in the price of fuel for mass cargo and passenger transport, as part of the subsidy announced by the Government in response to the international rise in oil prices.
The Minister of Economy and Finance (MEF) maintains that there are two or three small portfolios that could be subsumed (included within another ministry).