Overview

• In Peru, Congresswoman Ruth Luque said she will present a censure motion against Prime Minister Eduardo Arana after an audio purportedly links him to influence‑trading, and she called for his and Justice Minister Juan José Santiváñez’s resignations.
• Luque also reported she lacks nine signatures to file a separate censure motion against Santiváñez following leaked recordings in which a voice attributed to him claims support from two Constitutional Tribunal magistrates and discusses efforts to sway a case.
• The recordings reported by Panorama also suggest Santiváñez and Arana coordinated in September 2024 a pavilion change at Trujillo’s El Milagro prison for inmate Miguel Marcelo Salirrosas, as Santiváñez faces a separate probe over an alleged $20,000 bribe.
• In Argentina, President Javier Milei set a packed Monday with the swearing‑in of Lisandro Catalán as interior minister and a nationwide address at 21:00 to present the 2026 budget.
• Opposition blocs called a special lower‑house session for Wednesday to try to overturn Milei’s vetoes on university financing and pediatric emergency measures as the government scrambles for governor‑aligned votes, with many provincial leaders indicating substantive negotiations will wait until after October; the Senate is also eyeing the ATN veto this week.