Vizcarra Set to Become Peru’s New President Facing Daunting Challenges
- Engineer-turned politician to take post amid political turmoil
- President Kuczynski quit on the eve of an impeachment vote
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Peru’s president-in-waiting, Martin Vizcarra, is set to take office with the daunting challenge of building ties with an opposition-controlled Congress that forced his predecessor to quit after 20 months in power.
Vizcarra, an engineer-turned-politician, will be sworn in Friday to replace Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, who quit amid a corruption scandal, and a day before he faced a second impeachment vote.