Breaking news from Peru, which I recently mentioned in reference to the Failed States Index Map*:
CNN:
LIMA, Peru (Reuters) — Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo said Thursday he had asked all his ministers to tender their resignations and would evaluate who would stay on in their jobs.
The government was plunged into crisis earlier when Prime Minister Carlos Ferrero quit, following the appointment of Toledo’s controversial top ally, Fernando Olivera, as foreign minister.
Housing and Construction Minister Carlos Bruce also resigned immediately.
Bruce and Ferrero both publicly split with Olivera over legalizing some cultivation of the raw material for cocaine, and their resignations signal more turbulence ahead for the unpopular Toledo in his final months in office.
Under Peru’s constitution, once a prime minister resigns all ministers must tender their resignations.
The story’s still developing; the only other report I can find at the moment is from the BBC.
Stay tuned…
*Maybe those folks at Foreign Policy know what they’re talking about after all…
UPDATE: The the AP has this report, but other than that there’s been nary a peep in the daily papers — the WaPo has nothing at all, and the NY Times has only a paragraph.