Saying he doesn't want to 'block the path of harmony,' Peru's president resigns amid scandal
by Chris Kraul and Adriana Leon, Los Angeles Times
Mar 21, 2018
2 minutes
LIMA, Peru - Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigned Wednesday after political opponents released video and audio recordings that they say implicate the 79-year-old leader in a vote-buying scheme to avoid impeachment.
In a video message to the nation, Kuczynski said he was resigning immediately because "permanent political confrontation" had made the country ungovernable.
"Confronted by this difficult situation in which they have unjustly made me appear
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