Peru's Castillo names loyalist as PM amid recurring cabinet crises

Peru's President Pedro Castillo addresses the nation in a recorded message, in Lima, Peru February 4, 2022. Picture taken February 4, 2022. Peru Presidency/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian President Pedro Castillo swore in his fourth cabinet in just six months in office on Tuesday, picking a loyalist as prime minister, in a bid to end his administration's recurring crises.

Castillo, a former schoolteacher and member of a Marxist-Leninist party, handed the premiership to Anibal Torres, the justice minister in the previous cabinet.