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Peru's president soars as he channels anger over corruption
By FRANKLIN BRICENO, ASSOCIATED PRESS
CALEMAR, Peru — Oct 18, 2018, 12:11 AM ET
Martin Vizcarra stepped down from a military helicopter into a small Peruvian jungle village where no president had ventured before.
Donning thick-soled boots, he journeyed across the banks of an Amazonian tributary to inaugurate a new bridge replacing a rope-and-basket system people had used for decades to cross the churning current below.
"If you've always been forgotten, that's changed," Vizcarra said to applause. "From now on, you have a president who cares."
The president is on a crusade to clean up Peru's corrupt politics and become a voice for the poor and forgotten after his surprising ascension earlier this year with the resignation of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski over corruption allegations.
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