Whether far left, center right or populist, none of the other nine candidates have managed to break through before the October 2 presidential election.
(Bloomberg Businessweek) The apparent electoral win in Peru of Pedro Castillo, a rural union activist from a Marxist party, over conservative rival Keiko Fujimori signals what may be a far-reaching shift to the left in a region ravaged by Covid and filled with fury at ruling elites.