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Peru

Peru president wins confidence vote

Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra scored a major victory for his government's anti-corruption policies on Wednesday, winning a vote of confidence in the opposition-held Congress as the country seeks to emerge from the shadow of Latin America's biggest graft scandal. Vizcarra won by 77 votes to 44 with three abstentions, Congress speaker Daniel Salaverry announced. "The course we have plotted continues. We continue working and putting Peru first, as always," Vizcarra said in a tweet after the vote. The government is now expected to begin negotiations with the opposition over introducing the anti-corruption reforms.