Peru’s election authority announced that former union leader Pedro Castillo won the country’s June presidential election (BBC) after a weeks-long impasse in which his opponent, Keiko Fujimori, challenged the results. Ahead of the announcement, Fujimori said she would accept the official results.
Haiti: Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph agreed to step down (WSJ) and cede power to neurosurgeon Ariel Henry, whom President Jovenel Moise appointed as prime minister shortly before being assassinated on July 7. Joseph will serve as foreign minister in Henry’s cabinet.
