Peruvian PM resigns amid investigations into President Castillo

Peru’s Prime Minister Anibal Torres has resigned, amid a widening criminal investigation focused on the nation’s president, President Pedro Castillo, who has grown increasingly isolated after one year in office.

The president’s popularity is declining amid what critics characterise as a chaotic management style and corruption.

The president is also the target of five criminal investigations, including two that are probing whether he is part of a “criminal organisation”. According to Peruvian law, presidents can be investigated while in office, but cannot be charged.

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