Peru Appoints Pro-Market Economist Hernando de Soto as Prime Minister

Peru's newly appointed president has selected Hernando de Soto, a well-known pro-market economist, to serve as the country's prime minister. Bloomberg posted on X, highlighting that de Soto, a former central banker, will lead an interim government tasked with guiding the Andean nation through the upcoming general elections scheduled for April. This appointment is seen as a strategic move to stabilize the country's economic policies during the transitional period.