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Peruvians will pick a president on Sunday in an election that has bitterly divided them by class and geography, with urban and higher-income citizens preferring right-wing Keiko Fujimori while the rural poor support leftist political novice Pedro Castillo. The voting is happening days after Peru almost tripled its coronavirus death toll following a government review. Peru now has the world's worst coronavirus death rate per capita.

PERU-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV):UPDATE 3-Peru's leftist presidential candidate Castillo casts vote in hard-fought runoff

Voting has started in Peru’s presidential election as the country faces a polarising choice between right-wing populist Keiko Fujimori and rural support left-wing Pedro Castillo. Polls in the runoff election opened at 7am (12:00 GMT) in most of the country’s 11,700 voting centres, with official results starting to arrive from 11:30pm (04:30 GMT Monday). The voting is taking place days after Peru almost tripled its coronavirus death toll following a government review, it now has the world’s worst coronavirus death rate per capita. Polls show the race in a statistical dead heat but with F...

Peruvians will make the choice between right-wing populist Keiko Fujimori and left-wing Pedro Castillo.Voting has begun in the Peruvian presidential e

Polls show Keiko Fujimori, popular with wealthier voters, leading leftist Pedro Castillo