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Article: PERU: PRESIDENT ALEJANDRO TOLEDO SWEARS IN NEW CABINET.(presidents attempts to raise approval rating)
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- NotiSur - South American Political and Economic Affairs
- Article date:
- July 4, 2003
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Peru's President Alejandro Toledo has reorganized his Cabinet in his latest attempt to turn around his dismal approval ratings. The president's lack of support has reached the point of bringing calls for him to step down. Toledo had difficulty making new appointments when several potential appointees refused, an indication of the depth of his problems of governability and support.
Former prime minister Luis Solari de la Fuente announced on June 23 that the Cabinet would resign. In Peru, ministers normally present their resignations at year-end and before the president's July 28 Independence Day address.
Although the resignations came about a month ...