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Peruvian Presidential election

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In Peru the upcoming runoff round of the presidential election will be between Left Winger Pedro Castillo and the heiress of the Fujimori dynasty Keiko Fujimori.

Peru election: Pedro Castillo to face Keiko Fujimori in run-off


It will be interesting for sure. Castillo represents change, an activist who became prominent during the 2017 teacher's strike has been a big surprise, since he polled badly when his campaign started. Keiko Fujimori represents the old guard, a Congresswoman, and yes, the daughter of jailed ex- President Alberto Fujimori (she would probably pardon her father which would be the second time he's pardoned). Also she faces a corruption probe herself, so that's not great. Peru has been very unstable lately. In november last fall the country infamously had three presidents within a week. First Martin Vizcarra, a popular independent that had been President since 2018 was impeached, then after massive protests his successor Manuel Merino resigned, so Congress named obscure politician Francisco Sagasti as interim President, a compromise choice that had neither been on Vizcarra's nor Congress side in their long feuds. So whoever wins will face a hard time ruling a country where corruption runs rampart in politics, and most of the people have little confidence in the system.

Peru had three presidents in one week. Now it has four months to fix the system.

Also looking back at this article it's interesting to see neither of the two candidates that advanced to the second round were among the favorites in February.
 
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