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Peru’s interim president quits, successor unclear – What does civil unrest mean for the energy sector?

Argus Lima, 15 November (Argus) — Peru’s interim president Manuel Merino resigned today just five days after assuming office, deepening the copper and LNG-exporting country’s constitutional crisis. The 130-member unicameral congress will now pick a new president, the third in a week. Merino took over the presidency on 10 November after the congress, which he headed, impeached popular former president