UN suspends job of ex-Peru first lady

The UN said yesterday that its food agency had postponed the start date for a controversial post handed to a former Peruvian first lady who is facing money-laundering charges at home. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization "postponed the assumption of functions by Nadine Heredia Alarcon as Director of the FAO Liason Office in Geneva, in view of current procedural developments in Peru," it said.