Evening briefs: Gov’t salaries cut in Peru; Chavez tour nears end

*Peru’s president slashed government salaries including his own.

*Buenos Aires (image) is in the middle of a property boom led by foreigners.

*Hugo Chavez is in Benin as he wraps up a tour that has taken him to countries like Iran and Vietnam.

*Felipe Calderon’s campaign coordinator for international affairs sounds off on last month’s Mexican presidential elections.

politics, international economy, Mexico, Peru, Argentina