Peru's Castillo rattles Andean country with new Cabinet shake-up


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  • Tuesday, 01 Feb 2022

FILE PHOTO: Peru's Prime Minister Mirtha Vasquez arrives to face a critical vote of no confidence by the opposition-led Congress in Lima, Peru, November 4, 2021. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda/File Photo

LIMA (Reuters) -Peruvian President Pedro Castillo said on Monday that he would replace Prime Minister Mirtha Vasquez and shuffle his center-left Cabinet, while it was unclear whether his investor-friendly finance minister would continue in his post.

Vasquez said on Twitter she had resigned "due to the impossibility of reaching consensus to benefit the country."

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