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Peru President Picks New Cabinet To Ease Protests Market Fears (view source)
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<br>By Marco Aquino<br> <br>LIMA, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Peru's new President Francisco Sagasti unveiled his cabinet on Wednesday, appointing a constitutional lawyer to be prime minister as the government seeks to tamp down angry protests that have rocked the country's political class.<br> <br>The new government was formed a day after liberal centrist Sagasti was sworn into office after a tumultuous week that saw the departure of two presidents and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-trung-khanh-cuu-trai-cau-thanh-do-ha-noi-sai-gon.html kynghidongduong.vn] marches in the street that were marred by the deaths of two young protesters.<br> <br>Sagasti appointed Violeta Bermúdez, a legal expert on vulnerable populations and gender politics, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-trung-khanh-cuu-trai-cau-thanh-do-ha-noi-sai-gon.html tour cửu trại câu giá rẻ] to head the cabinet of 18 ministers, with Waldo Mendoza, an economist with a background in tax oversight, to oversee the [http://search.usa.gov/search?affiliate=usagov&query=economy%20portfolio economy portfolio].<br> <br>The appointment of Sagasti, after his conservative predecessor Manuel Merino resigned on Sunday, has helped calm protests and ease jittery markets.<br> <br>Peru, the world's second largest producer of copper, is headed for its worst economic contraction in a century after being hit by one of the world's deadliest per capita outbreaks of COVID-19.<br><br>There are new elections planned for April 2021. (Reporting by Marco Aquino; Writing by Adam Jourdan Editing by Lincoln Feast.)<br>
