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Top Peru ministers resign in protest over stalled US fighter jet deal

Top Peru ministers resign in protest over stalled US fighter jet deal

Peru’s foreign and defence ministers resigned on Wednesday in protest over the decision by the government to stall a US$3.5 billion deal for the purchase of 24 US F-16 fighter jets. The ministers said Peru’s reputation was in jeopardy after interim president Jose Maria Balcazar said on Tuesday that

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