Peru’s Cabinet Signed a US$3.5 Billion American Warplane Contract Over Its Own President’s Head

Key Points —Peru’s foreign and defence ministers resigned on April 22 after accusing interim president José María Balcázar of lying to the country about whether the US$3.5 billion F-16 contract had been signed. —The first contract phase — twelve F-16 Block 70 aircraft worth US$1.54 billion — had already been signed at Base Aérea Las […] The post Peru’s Cabinet Signed a US$3.5 Billion American Warplane Contract Over Its Own President’s Head appeared first on The Rio Times .

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