When this interview was conducted, José Távara and the writer of these lines were awaiting Boluarte’s decision on the fate of Alex Contreras. Beyond the change in the actions of the Minister of Economy, the academic’s analysis does not lose validity: The Government of Dina Boluarte has a compass foreign to growth for everyone and […]
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Alex Contreras: comings and goings of the minister to stay in the MEF
“I give you an off-the-record scoop: I am submitting my resignation at this time.. Petroperu and lack of transparency in some decisions. Yesterday was a complicated CdM (Council of Ministers),” read the WhatsApp message sent by the Minister of Economy and Finance, Alex Contreras, to La República. The official’s words, sent minutes before 8:30 am, […]
Alex Contreras presented his resignation to the Ministry of Economy and Finance
After just over a year in office, the head of the MEF is leaving the Otárola cabinet alleging “lack of transparency.” The day before, Dina Boluarte met with former ministers Luis Carranza and José Arista. Join the La República WhatsApp channel Price of the dollar in Peru: what is the exchange rate quote this Thursday, […]
Agroexporters will contribute only 6% to EsSalud from today
The Government of Dina Boluarte has complied with the promulgation of Law 31969, coordinated with the Congress –as recognized by the Minister of Agrarian Development, Jennifer Contreras– to reduce to 6% the contribution to EsSalud that agro-exporters pay for their workerss, difference that will be subsidized by the rest of the taxpayers. The measure comes […]
Petroperú: 100% Talara Refinery and US$540 million in 2024
The full operation of the New Talara Refinery (NRT) will allow Petroperu generate, together with the exploitation of lots I, VI and Z-2B in the northwest, an annual EBITDA of US$540 million, amount greater than US$350 million that each year pays for debts which include the modernization of the complex itself. During the inauguration ceremony, […]
Roque Benavides Ganoza: “We should have US$5 billion in mining investment and we don’t have it”
The year ends with a smile for Minas Buenaventura with the purchase of 19% of its shares by the Chilean Antofagasta, a Luksic Group company. However, Roque Benavides, president of the Peruvian mining company, still sees a long way to go in the local extractive industry, although he recognizes slight progress. -What does 2023 leave […]
Distrust sinks private investment: it will fall 7.3%
In 2022, private investment contracted 0.4% despite the country’s limited growth. A year later, after the political turn of the Government of Dina Boluarte, who from her first day distanced herself from her predecessor Pedro Castillo, private investment has not managed to recover and will fall 7.3% in a period marked by recession, according to […]
Fonavi 2023: is it true that the Government allocated S/164 million to resume payments?
On December 19, President Dina Boluarte presented an assessment of her first year in government together with her ministers. In her speech, she highlighted as an achievement that S / 164 million was allocated to the Fonavistas as a reflection of the commitment that the Executive has to do justice and return the money to […]
In 2023, business distrust worsened
The latest survey of macroeconomic expectations from the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP) reflects that business confidence remains, in most of its indicators, in negative territory. Six perspectives are measured: on the economy, the sector, the situation of your company, product demand, hiring of personnel and investments. If they exceed 50 points, they are […]
Dina Boluarte celebrates one year as president: mistrust and economic pessimism reign
A year ago, Dina Boluarte became the first female president of Peru. Since then, she marked a strict distance from Pedro Castillo, but the economic indicators reflect that nothing has changed. The numbers speak: GDP will end 2023 close to 0% or below – its worst variation in more than two decades without counting the […]