The world - news from june 24, 1987

Peru’s entire Cabinet resigned in the wake of Prime Minister Luis Alva Castro’s surprise decision to quit the government. The 16 ministers offered their resignations to President Alan

Garcia, clearing the way for a reshuffle of ministerial posts, Foreign Minister Alan Wagner Tizon said. Garcia did not immediately name a successor to Alva or say whether he would accept the

other ministers’ resignations. Alva has been jockeying within the ruling American Popular Revolutionary Alliance for its nomination in presidential elections due in 1990, observers said.

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