New Peru Leader Tries to Restore Calm With Cabinet Pick

  • Flores-Araoz is a former head of congress, defense minister
  • OAS wants Peru court to say whether impeachment was legal

Antero Flores Araoz

Photographer: Aizar Raldes/AFP/Getty Images

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Peru’s new president, Manuel Merino, tapped an experienced former defense minister to lead his cabinet as he seeks to bring stability back to a nation in turmoil.

Antero Flores-Araoz was sworn in as cabinet chief Wednesday and said he’s in talks with the president about picking a ministerial team.