Monthly Archives: January 2020

A cardboard cutout of a soldier outside a debate Sunday in Lima, Peru, promotes a congressional candidate running on a security platform. (Martin Mejia/AP) LIMA, Peru — Months after President Martín Vizcarra dissolved Peru's scandal-racked Congress, voters head to the polls Sunday for a rare opportunity to clean up public life here and make politics more responsive. But Peruvians appear increasingly unlikely to take it. Four out of five approved of Vizcarra’s drastic measure in September, seen by some as helping Peru avoid the mass protests that have roiled its South American neighbors. But in…Read more …

LIMA – Peruvians will elect a new Congress on Jan. 26 after President Martín Vizcarra’s momentous decision last September to dissolve the previous legislature for resisting his anti-corruption agenda. The coming elections have the potential to channel public fury over a series of recent graft scandals, including the Odebrecht case, and pave the way for watershed political and judicial reforms aimed at cleaning up public life. But throwing unpopular politicians out of office may prove easier than finding worthy replacements. More than 80% of Peruvians applauded Vizcarra’s dissolution of Congress, which may have served as…Read more …