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Peru: Protesters march in streets demanding anti-corruption reforms

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 16.9pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Peruviansmarched in the streets demanding anti-corruption reforms to clean up thecountry's institutions as the head of the judiciary resigned. </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 16.9pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Thousands took tothe historic district of the capital Lima. </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 16.9pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />''</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 16.9pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Protesters said they want a reformof the entire judicial and political system. Peruvian President Martin Vizcarrafired his Justice Minister, Salvador Heresi after a TV station released anaudio of a phone conversation between the Minister and a judge underinvestigation for influence peddling.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 16.9pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222">Acorruption scandal dogged the previous administration of former President PedroPablo Kuczynski, who stepped down four months ago in a graft scandal involvingBrazilian builder Odebrecht.<o:p /></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 16.9pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222"><br />''</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: 16.9pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222"> Allfour of Peru's most recent presidents and the main opposition party are underinvestigation over Odebrecht. All deny wrongdoing.<o:p /></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

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