Article: PERU: CABINET OF PRESIDENT ALEJANDRO TOLEDO RESIGNS, FIRST APPOINTEE LASTS ONE DAY.(support for coca legalization leads to cabinet reshuffle)

Much of Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo's Cabinet stepped down in August, following the lead of Prime Minister Carlos Ferrero who objected to Toledo allies' support for coca legalization in the department of Cuzco. Toledo's first appointment after Ferrero's revolt was Fernando Olivera as minister of foreign relations. The appointment caused unprecedented resignations among Toledo's top officials and yet another political crisis for Toledo. Olivera, leader of the Frente Independente Moralizador (FIM), resigned the day after he took the diplomatic post, saying no one from the FIM would again serve in Toledo's government. Toledo then moved Pedro Pablo Kuczynski from ...

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