Overview
- President José Jerí delivers the opening message today as CADE 2025 begins at Lima’s Convention Center, launching three days of debate on governance, security and growth.
- The inaugural program features a keynote on liberty and prosperity by Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo, a security panel moderated by congressional leader Fernando Rospigliosi, and a regional business leadership discussion.
- Organizers invited presidential hopefuls based on a top‑six‑in‑two‑polls rule; Rafael López Aliaga, Alfonso López Chau and Mario Vizcarra will present proposals, while Keiko Fujimori, César Acuña, Javier Milei and Carlos Álvarez are not attending.
- Security’s economic toll is a central theme, with CADE chair María Isabel León asserting that more than 20,000 businesses have closed due to crime and violence.
- Day two’s economic growth session features Economy Minister Denisse Miralles with former minister Luis Carranza, while in parallel the trade and production ministers met business groups as the government prepares a request to Congress for delegated legislative powers on reactivation and citizen security.