Overview
- Keiko Fujimori was sworn in on July 28 and presented a seven‑axis agenda centered on security, infrastructure, social programs, deregulation and digitalization.
- She named Luis Galarreta as prime minister and swore in Elmer Cuba as finance minister to lead a pro‑market reform drive that includes a raise in the minimum wage to S/1,300 and measures to expand pensions.
- The president ordered temporary deployment of the Armed Forces to lead operations in declared states of emergency and pledged expanded intelligence and surveillance to target mafias, drug trafficking and illegal mining.
- Argentina’s president Javier Milei attended and held a bilateral meeting with Fujimori before receiving an academic distinction in Lima, a visit that underscores growing ties among right‑of‑center leaders even as Milei’s recent row with Brazil complicates regional diplomacy.
- Fujimori’s narrow electoral win and a fragmented Congress mean she will need cross‑bench deals to implement fast, time‑bound reforms, and the security measures raise immediate questions about civil‑rights oversight and how communities affected by crime and El Niño will experience the changes.