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President of the Republic Pedro Castillo on Wednesday led a new session of the Council of Ministers at the Executive Branch headquarters in Lima.
According to the Government Palace Press Secretariat, the meeting started at 8:50 a.m. (local time).
"Let us no longer turn our backs on the homeland, which demands that its needs be met," he said.
"The pandemic has exposed the precariousness of the health system. Over 230,000 compatriots are no longer with us. This would not have happened if previous governments had invested in the primary care level and if they had declared (the right to) health as a constitutional right," the dignitary added.
Remarks were made during an event held at the presidential palace in Lima, in which he received discharged members of the Armed Forces who confronted terrorism between the 1980s and 2000s.
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Published: 8/24/2022