CPI Poll: Humala’s Approval Rating At 54.5 Percent

President Ollanta Humala has a 54.5 percent approval rating after six months in office, according to pollster CPI. State news agency Andina says Humala’s approval rating is higher than his predecessors after their first six months in office. Ex-President Alan Garcia (2006-2011) had an approval rating of 45.3 percent after his first six months, while [...]

Humala Plans Trip to Venezuela Over Weekend

President Ollanta Humala plans to travel to Venezuela on the weekend,  where he will meet with that country’s president, Hugo Chavez, state news agency Andina reported. The trip is intended to deepen bilateral ties between Lima and Caracas with a focus on trade, social issues and diplomacy, Andina said. The government has requested that Congress provide [...]

Venezuela’s Chavez: Humala to Visit in Early 2012

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday that his Peruvian counterpart, Ollanta Humala, will be visiting Venezuela in 2012, daily El Comercio reported. Chavez said Humala is expected to visit early next year, although he did not provide an exact date, El Comercio said. Humala had planned to travel to Venezuela earlier this month for the first conference of [...]

Poll: Humala’s Approval Rating Down to 48 Percent

President Ollanta Humala’s approval rating has slipped below 50 percent for the first time since taking office, according to a recent poll released in the Gestion business daily on Friday. The polling company, Datum, said that Humala has a 48 percent approval rating in December, down nine points from November and the high of 70 percent [...]

President Humala awards Order of the Sun to Bedoya Reyes

President Ollanta Humala has awarded the Grand Cross of the Orden del Sol to Luis Bedoya Reyes, founder of the Partido Popular Cristiano, PPC, and a charismatic and iconic figure in center-right politics for the past 50 years. President Humala said the award had been given in recognition of Bedoya’s honesty, decency and defense of [...]

Humala Says on Twitter that Won’t Seek Reelection

President Ollanta Humala said late Tuesday in New York that he will not seek reelection following his five year term, which he just began less than two months ago. On Twitter, Humala said: “Not one day more. My oath to Peru and democracy was and is: No to reelection.” Humala’s comments followed a television interview [...]

Humala’s legal advisor criticized for professional past

President Ollanta Humala’s choice of legal advisor has raised eyebrows among analysts who question the appointee’s background as a defense lawyer in high-profile corruption and drug trafficking cases. Eduardo Roy Gates was appointed by Humala as a presidential legal advisor. Along with the new president of anti-drugs agency Devida, Ricardo Soberon, analysts have pointed to [...]

Garcia criticized for not planning to attend presidential inauguration

President Alan Garcia, who will step down on Thursday, has come under criticism for saying that he plans not to attend the inauguration of President-elect Ollanta Humala. Tradition in Peru is for the outgoing president to deliver the presidential sash to the incoming president during the swearing-in ceremony at Congress. Former President Alejandro Toledo called [...]

Incoming Economy Minister aims to maintain GDP growth above 6 percent

Peru’s incoming minister of economy and finance, Luis Miguel Castilla, says that a challenge for the new administration will be to maintain economic growth above 6 percent in order to reduce poverty, daily El Comercio reported. Castilla, who recently resigned as deputy finance minister in President Alan Garcia’s government, was appointed this week to lead [...]

Gana Peru denies Humala’s brother sent to represent president-elect

President-elect Ollanta Humala’s Gana Peru party denied Thursday that the incoming president’s brother has been meeting with Russian authorities and businesses on behalf of  the future head of state. In a statement, Gana Peru said that Alexis Humala is a member of Gana Peru’s National Executive Committee but that he had not been sent by [...]

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