Peru votes in tight presidential run-off in test of Latin America's rightward shift
Polls show the candidates in a statistical tie as voters weigh crime, inequality and mining policy in a runoff that could extend Latin America’s rightward shift.
- On Sunday, Peru faces a presidential runoff between leftist Roberto Sánchez and right-winger Keiko Fujimori, a rematch of the chaotic political cycle that began five years ago when President Pedro Castillo defeated Fujimori.
- Mining policy remains central to the debate as Cajamarca officials seek investment from seven projects worth over $16 billion, yet more than 2 million more Peruvians live in poverty today than a decade ago.
- Campaigning in a traditional hat, Sánchez promises to slash inequities and redistribute mining profits, resonating in rural Chota where voters remain focused on promises made by Castillo, jailed since 2021.
- Conversely, Fujimori's Popular Force party holds the largest congressional minority, giving investors reassurance; Leandro García, CEO of Buenaventura, said the new Congress will "guarantee some kind of peace."
- Investment in La Granja targets around 350,000 annual tons of copper by 2033, with FQM engaging early with communities to avoid environmental protests that shuttered a $10-billion project in Panama.
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LIMA (AP) — Conservative Keiko Fujimori and progressive Roberto Sánchez were in a virtual tie in Peru's presidential runoff on Monday with nearly 93% of polling stations reporting.
Tension in the counting of the election result in Peru: The race between the conservative candidate Fujimori and the left-wing politician Sánchez could hardly fail.
The next president of Peru will again decide for a few thousand votes, as happened in 2016 and 2021. More information: A rural official of Peru is whipped in public as punishment for participating in a campaign act of Keiko Fujimori.
The winner of the final election in Peru is not yet determined. Independently of this, the election has made the breaks of the country visible.
The political situation in Peru remains tense: the preliminary election result shows a close race between the conservative candidate Fujimori and the left-wing politician Sánchez.In the run-off election for the presidential office in Peru, a close race between the right-wing conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori and the left-wing politician Roberto Sánchez emerges. After the preliminary counting of more than 45 percent of the votes, Fujimori cam…
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