Lima, Feb 19, 2026 (AFP) - Peru's brand-new president under fire for child sex comments

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2026-02-19

Barely hours into the top job, Peru's eighth president in a decade found himself under fire Thursday over past utterances on child marriage, and graft allegations. Jose Maria Balcazar, 83, was on Wednesday named Peru's interim leader, for a period of just over five months, after predecessor Jose Jeri was impeached on graft allegations. Jeri, 39, became the latest leader to fall victim to a cycle of institutional turmoil as a powerful Congress bat......

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