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Toledo to Assume Peruvian Presidency¹ Saturday

Greg Flakus

Lima

27 Jul 2001 01:48 UTC

 

Peruvian President-elect Alejandro Toledo presented his 14 cabinet members at a 1)news conference in Lima on Thursday, less than 48 hours before he is to 2)assume office. The cabinet reflects Mr. Toledo's twin goals of combating poverty and promoting cooperation in 3)confronting his nation's problems.

The fight against 4)poverty, corruption² and 5)centralized government will be the primary focus of the new government according to Alejandro Toledo. In a country where half the population lives in poverty, he says it is 6)crucial that he and his cabinet work together to provide Peruvians with better nutrition, more jobs and better education.

Mr. Toledo says that in the first 100 days of his government, he will 7)implement a program to reactivate the economy. He says obviously such a program will not be able to produce results overnight, but that he hopes within the first year or so to have some positive results in both 8)productivity and in the creation of jobs.

Two of the top officials in the new cabinet are trusted Toledo 9)advisors who have worked primarily outside of Peru. Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, who has worked as successful investment banker in Miami for the past seven years, will serve as finance minister. While some Peruvians have expressed concern that he may be out of touch with his own country's needs, Mr. Toledo says he has the experience and ability to attract foreign investment back to the country.

Heading the cabinet as president of the Council of Ministers will be Roberto Danino, a corporate³ consultant⁴ who has also worked in the United States and who was first introduced to Mr. Toledo by Mr. Kuczynski. The only woman in the cabinet is Doris Sanchez, a member of congress from Mr. Toledo's Peru Posible, or Peru Possible, party.

Although Mr. Toledo describes his cabinet as "multi-party and multi-racial," the members not from his own party are mostly independents and his is the only face representing the country's large 10)indigenous population. Luis Chang, who is of Chinese descent, will serve as minister of transportation and communication, but there are no Japanese Peruvians in the cabinet.

Relations with Japan are at a 11)critical point now because of Tokyo's decision to deny Peruvian requests for the 12)extradition of former President Alberto Fujimori, who fled to Japan last November. Earlier this month Japan further angered Peruvians by granting citizenship⁵ to Victor Aritomi Shinto, a former Peruvian 13)ambassador to Japan who is also Mr. Fujimori's brother-in-law. Both men are wanted on corruption charges in Peru. Mr. Toledo says he will continue to seek their extraditon, but that he also wants to maintain good relations with Japan and its private investment community.

Another country with which Peru has clashed recently is Venezuela. The interim⁶ government that has run Peru since Mr. Fujimori's departure last year has accused Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of having harbored former Peruvian spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos. He was extradited from Venezuela last month and is now in prison here 14)awaiting trial on corruption charges. But Mr. Toledo says harmony among Andean countries will be a 15)priority for him and that after he assumes office on Saturday, relations with Venezuela will be 16)restored to a normal state.

 

 

(1)      news conference n.记者招待会

(2)      assume[E5sju:m; (?@) E5su:m]vt.假定, 设想, 采取, 呈现

(3)      confront[kEn5frQnt]vt.使面临, 对抗

(4)      poverty[5pRvEtI]n.贫穷, 贫困, 贫乏, 缺少

(5)      centralized adj.集中的, 中央集权的

(6)      crucial[5kru:F(E)l]adj.至关紧要的

(7)      implement[5ImplImEnt]n.工具, 器具vt.贯彻, 实现v.执行

(8)      productivity[prRdQk5tIvItI]n.生产力

(9)      advisor[Ed5vaIzE(r)]n.顾问

(10)      indigenous[In5dIdVInEs]adj.本土的

(11)      critical[5krItIk(E)l]adj.批评的, 危急的, 临界的

(12)      extradition[9ekstrE`dIFEn]n.(根据条约或法令对逃犯等的)引渡

(13)      ambassador[Am5bAsEdE(r)]n.大使

(14)      await[E5weIt]vt.等候

(15)      priority[praI5RrItI; (?@) -C:r-]n.先, 前, 优先, 优先权

(16)      restore[rI5stC:(r)]vt.恢复, 使回复, 归还, 交还, 修复, 重建

 

 

1 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

2 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

3 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

4 consultant   

n.顾问；会诊医师，专科医生

参考例句：

• He is a consultant on law affairs to the mayor.他是市长的一个法律顾问。
• Originally,Gar had agreed to come up as a consultant.原来，加尔只答应来充当我们的顾问。

5 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

6 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。