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Foreign Minister Resignation First blow For Castillo Cabinet

PERU
  • Peru's foreign minister resigned on Tuesday amid outrage over remarks he made before taking office about a rebel group that killed tens of thousands of people, making him the first Cabinet member to fall under leftist President Pedro Castillo.
    • "Very probably we're going to see a parade of ministers being questioned by congress," said Farid Kahhat, a foreign affairs specialist who teaches at the Catholic University in Lima. "It was obvious that the first to go was going to being Hector Bejar, but it's clear that he won't be the last."
    • His replacement hasn't yet been named.

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