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Alfredo Thorne

Alfredo Thorne

Former Minister of Economy and Finance of Peru

Jul 30, 2026

11:37
What can we expect from Keiko Fujimori in terms of economic policy?
11:41
I think we've been lucky, to be honest with you.
11:44
We never had this boom in commodity prices, and the last time we've seen something similar was in 1945.
11:52
So these are very unusual times for Peru, and those unusual times have led to this rapid growth, to this 3.4.
12:02
However, one has to believe that this boom is not going to last forever.
12:08
And my sense is that her challenge on the economic front is precisely to generate the prosperity and to generate the agents of growth that will gradually substitute and sustain these growth rates into the future.
12:23
If you look at the number of projects that we have in mining, for instance, we could actually come very close to Chile in terms of copper production.

9 MINS LATER

21:24
What do we know about her plan for confronting organized crime? And is the Mano Dura approach that she campaigned on likely to succeed?
14:35
Hmm.
14:35
Uh, because Castillo did commit a, a coup.
14:40
He was not sentenced on a coup, he was sentenced on rebellion.
14:44
But, uh, that really goes against our constitution.
14:47
But in any case, she will have to do things like that.
14:51
And the third thing is that she will have to do a, a, a massive program of not poverty alleviation.
14:59
I think where we are stuck is that we were very successful in reducing poverty.

8 MINS LATER

23:03
As Keiko Fujimori takes office, what do you see as the future of that relationship with the central bank? Do you think we'll finally see an end to this decoupling between Peru's economy and Peru's politics?

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