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In a nation once marked by its successful fight against poverty, voters now face a pair of unappealing alternatives.

The Collapse of a Once-Promising Democracy David Frum © Gian MASKO / AFP / Getty The first choice facing voters is a little-known union leader who leads a Marxist-Leninist party that wants to rewrite the constitution to eliminate congress. The alternative is the daughter of a former dictator who has surrounded herself with kleptocrats and COVID-19 deniers. Welcome to Round 2 of the Peruvian presidential election. How did one of the success stories of the developing world end u...

A protester in Lima, Peru, on April 17 holds a sign showing crossed out images of candidates Pedro Castillo and Keiko Fujimori, who will face each other in the second round of Perus presidential election on June 6. (Newscom/Reuters/Sebastian Castaneda) Most Catholics still dont know what to do about the second round of Perus presidential elections, which will be held June 6. The candidates who gained the most votes in April 11s first round — the socialist teacher and labor l...

Photo: ANDINA/Presidency of the Republic. 18:05 | Pichari (Cusco region), May. 10. The President of the Republic Francisco Sagasti on Monday highlighted the Armed Forces determination, sacrifice, and success in the fight against drug trafficking and terrorism, adding that all Peruvians seek to fight for a country in peace, one that believes in democracy and that is free from these scourges. "For those who remember how the barbarity of (terrorist group) Shining Path began back in 1980, when it i...

Pedro Castillo and the 500-Year-Old Lima vs Rural Divide A vast, ancient gap in living standards helps explain the presidential frontrunner’s appeal. Pedro Castillo speaks during a debate on May 1 from his community of Chota, in Cajamarca.CESAR BAZAN/AFP via Getty Images Correction appended below In 1532, in Peru’s highland region of Cajamarca, the Spanish invader Francisco Pizarro captured the last Incan emperor, Atahualpa, in a surprise massacre that ensured the empire’s demise. Tod...

The tensions, passions and frustration surrounding this weekend’s votes in Peru and Ecuador tell a broader global story.

The Nobel prize-winning Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa has called on his compatriots to support Keiko Fujimori’s bid to become president, despite once running against her now jailed and disgraced father, Alberto, and spending years savaging the dynasty for its corrosive effects on Peru and its politics. Vargas Llosa said the rightwing Fujimori – who faces Pedro Castillo, a far-left but socially conservative union leader and teacher in June’s...

WASHINGTON — Insisting that the administration is “standing by” as Mexican cartels terrorize South Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott has demanded that President Joe Biden add the crime groups to a list of terrorist organizations that includes al-Qaida and the Islamic State. “In November 2019, cartel gunmen fatally ambushed nine U.S. citizens, all women and children,” Abbott wrote to Biden, invoking that and other brutal attacks to justify the designation. All of the attacks he ci...

Far-Left primary school teacher vowing to nationalise all mines pitted against heir to homicidal family dynasty in election no-one wants Peruvian voters have been left in despair at being forced to choose from two deeply unpopular and politically extreme candidates 17 April 2021 • 12:44pm Pedro Castillo, gives the thumb up as he holds up a giant pencil during a closing rally Fanny Cornejo is one of Peru’s more fortunate voters. Unlike most of her compatriots, she has been able to decide whi...

Peru Would be a ‘Dicatorship’ Under Castillo, Lopez Aliaga Says Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Jim Wyss (Bloomberg) -- The candidate who came third in Peru’s presidential election, Rafael Lopez Aliaga, said he won’t back frontrunner Pedro Castillo in the runoff, warning that the leftist union leader would turn the country into a “cruel dictatorship.” Lopez’s stance could bolster the prospects of Keiko Fujimori and her Popular Force party who will face Castillo in a second r...