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Wednesday, 02 October 2019

Mercedes Aráoz

Mercedes Rosalba Aráoz Fernández (Lima, 5 August 1961) is a Peruvian economist, professor, and politician. She served as Minister of Foreign Commerce and Tourism from 2006 to December 2009, after which she was appointed Peru's finance minister.

Aráoz graduated from the University of the Pacific in Lima and the University of Miami.

On 2 November, Aráoz agreed to be the presidential candidate of the Peruvian Aprista Party (APRA) for the 2011 presidential elections. However, she withdrew her candidacy on January 16, and the APRA party did not field any candidate.

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Peru's VP resigns post and role as 'interim president,' calls for new general elections

Reuters 02 Oct 2019

Peru's Vice President Mercedes Araoz announced on Tuesday that she was declining the opposition's designation to be interim president and resigning her post as second-in-command in hopes of opening the door to new general elections ... ....

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Peru thrown into constitutional crisis amid power struggle

Dothan Eagle 02 Oct 2019

24, 2018 file photo, Peruvian Prime Minister ......

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Peru's Acting President Araoz Resigns as Vice President, Calls for Urgent General Election

Sputnik 02 Oct 2019

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Peruvian Vice President Mercedes Araoz, appointed as acting head of state after President Martin Vizcarra was declared temporarily unfit for governing, announced her resignation on Wednesday, calling for urgently holding a general election ... ....

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‘Partner in democracy’: US takes note of Peru crisis after president & parliament wipe out ...

Russia Today 02 Oct 2019

Also on rt.com Peru at boiling point ... “It will be very fun to listen to Vizcarra, the Lima Group and the [Organization of American States] explaining why the interim president of Mercedes Araoz in Peŕu is not valid but that of Guaidó in Venezuela is,” one user tweeted. Also on rt.com ‘International lawlessness’....

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Protests in Peru as country is thrown into political uncertainty

CNN 02 Oct 2019

After Olaechea's announcement, Vice-President Mercedes Araoz was sworn in as President on Monday night, leaving the South American country with a conflict between the legislative and the executive. Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra speaks in October 2018 ... Read More ... We have proposed a vote of confidence to correct the election process." ... ....

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Peru's military, police back President Vizcarra as rebel MPs vow loyalty to VP

Press TV 01 Oct 2019

... to leave, dismissed lawmakers sang the national anthem inside in a ceremony to declare Vice President Mercedes Araoz "interim president." A file photo of right-wing Peruvian Vice-President Mercedes Araoz (by AFP) ....

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Peru lurches into uncertainty after president shuts congress

Belfast Telegraph 01 Oct 2019

Minutes later they swore in Mercedes Araoz, the vice president who recently broke with Mr Vizcarra over his push to hold early elections next year. Mercedes Araoz (Markus Schreiber/AP). “I know many Peruvians are upset,” said Ms Araoz, who was greeted by applauding legislators singing the national anthem....

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Peru’s Dissolved Congress Appoints Vice President Araoz to Replace President Vizcarra

Sputnik 01 Oct 2019

MONTEVIDEO (Sputnik) – Peru’s Congress, dissolved by the country’s President Martin Vizcarra on Monday, has declared him temporarily unfit for governing and has appointed Vice President Mercedes Araoz to replace him ... ....

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Peru's Police and Military Leaders Recognize Martin Vizcarra as President After Congress Dissolved

Sputnik 01 Oct 2019

Earlier, Peru’s Congress had declared the country’s President Martin Vizcarra temporarily unfit to govern and appointed Vice President Mercedes Araoz to replace him ... ....

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Early General Elections in Peru Set For 26 January As Nation Grapples With Political Crisis Fallout

Sputnik 01 Oct 2019

Earlier, Peru’s Congress, dissolved by the country’s President on Monday, declared Martin Vizcarra temporarily unfit to govern, appointing Vice President Mercedes Araoz to replace him, against the backdrop of a political crisis engulfing Peru ... ....

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AP Explains: Peru's chaotic power struggle in a nutshell

Dispatch Argus 01 Oct 2019

... in Vice President Mercedes Araoz as the South American nation's new leader....

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Peru prez dissolves parliament, calls fresh elections

Deccan Herald 01 Oct 2019

Shortly after his televised statement, Congress voted to suspend Vizcarra for one year on the grounds of "moral incapacity" and nominated Vice President Mercedes Araoz as acting head of state ... GET IT. Peru. Parliament. Corruption.