Lawmakers in Peru voted to support the government’s new slate of ministers on Wednesday, just hours after the prime minister promised billions of dollars in new spending, including for mining projects.
The vote of confidence in President Dina Boluarte’s latest cabinet passed by a lopsided margin of 70 votes in favor and only 35 opposed, and came on the heels of recent corruption charges that implicate the mining-dependent country’s embattled leader.
All of her ministers would have been forced to resign if the cabinet failed to win congressional backing.
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzen offered the spending plan in a speech to Congress, which included $4.6 billion for mining and some $8 billion for public-private partnerships.
Peru is a top global copper producer, and taxes on the sales of the red metal are a key source of government revenue.
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