With the election of Peruvian President Alan Garcia last July, one of the key priorities of the new administration was continuing the economic progress and a major aspect of that has been infrastructure. La Republica Zavala grapples with a highway system in a state of disrepair. The $1.3-billion InterOceanic Highway Project is just one of the major infrastructure projects currently underway in Peru. Major road projects in the north and central highlands are under way as well as a massive ongoing upgrade program. Overseeing that is the new Minister of Transportation Vernica Zavala Lombardi. The Harvard-trained lawyer previously served as
