There Goes Plan B

PERU - Report 08 Apr 2014 by Roberto Abusada and Fritz Du Bois (Peru)

Executive Summary First lady Nadine Heredia has rapidly metamorphosed from the government’s main political asset into its biggest liability. Her involvement in the abrupt dismissal of Prime Minister Cesar Villanueva was so obvious, and Villanueva’s sacking so crude, that Heredia drew heavy criticism. A poll taken a few days after the PM stepped down found that 53% thought he left over disagreements with Heredia—and 70% that he’d been badly mistreated. The first lady also caused the most serious crisis of President Ollanta Humala’s term, as the entire opposition abstained from the required c...

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