Peru’s New President in Surprise Move Changes Mind About PM Pick

Peru’s new president in a surprise move appointed Denisse Miralles as prime minister on Tuesday, almost a week into his abridged term, despite saying just days ago that he planned to name a different economist to the post.

Interim President Jose Maria Balcázar, 83, announced he was going to appoint prominent economist Hernando de Soto to head his cabinet. Instead, he appointed Miralles, who served as finance minister under the recently ousted Jose Jeri, while de Soto was nowhere to be seen during the ceremony.