Peru’s leftist president Castillo announces a new round of cabinet formation amid ongoing allegations over newly appointed PM Hector Valer Pinto’s domestic violence
Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has dumped his prime minister just three days after appointing him, amid outrage over revelations he was accused of domestic violence in 2016.
The leftist Castillo announced the change in a brief television address in which he did not mention Valer Pinto by name. On Friday, before the president pushed him out, the speaker of congress urged the prime minister to resign.
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