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Peru: Promotion scandal in the Armed Forces causes a new crisis in Pedro Castillo’s government

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A new crisis has arisen in the government of the Peruvian President, Pedro Castillo, after a former commander of the Peruvian Army, José Vizcarra Álvarez, denounced that the presidential secretary, Bruno Pacheco Castillo, and the Minister of Defense, Walter Ayala, asked him for the irregular promotion of two colonels who would be related to the government.

His refusal to make these changes, considering that it was inappropriate for meritocratic reasons, would have cost him his retirement, even though he had only been in the post for three months.

"I can only think that (my retirement) is . . .

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