As a result of the controversy over the new Ministerial Cabinet, many netizens already gave their opinion on the work experience of the new Minister of Energy and Mines, Rafael Jorge Belaunde Llosa. According to the resume of the social accounts of the presidency of the Council of Ministers, the new minister is a bachelor in Economics from the University of Lima.
Consultant in community negotiation, real estate management, land and legal physical sanitation in the mining sector. He also worked as head of the Directorate of Territorial Promotion and Coordination of the Ombudsman in 2007 and was an advisor in the office of the Production portfolio in 2003, the Ombudsman in 2006 and Cofopri field manager in 2002. to 2006.
Belaunde Llossa, who is the grandson of former President Fernando Belaunde Terry, will occupy the Energy and Mines portfolio, replacing Susana Vilca, as part of the changes in Pedro Cateriano’s new Ministerial Cabinet; However, according to Convoca.pe investigations, they have revealed a little about the professional life of the new minister.
According to the aforementioned medium, Belaunde is one of the three legal representatives of the mining company Argento SRL since 2002, said company that has participated in dozens of mining operations in the regions of Amazonas, Apurímac, Ancash, Ayacucho, Huancavelica and La Libertad. It was also discovered that Belaunde was general manager of the Volcan subsidiary company named Remediadora Ambiental whose activities were based on environmental consulting, environmental studies and land acquisition.
It is also known that in 2019 the Canadian Company Cerro de Pasco Resources Inc. made arrangements for 100% of the issued shares of Volcan’s subsidiaries, including Remediadora Ambiental SAC, and even so, the Canadian company stated that it extended up to August 2020 the closing date of purchase.
It should be noted that this information was not directly reported in the official accounts of the social network twitter, and that the aforementioned investigations are made by Convoca.pe. A similar event occurred with the Minister of Labor, in which his link with a law firm had already been mentioned, and hours later this publication was modified.