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Article content LIMA — Socialist candidate Pedro Castillo continued to regain ground among voters, a poll showed on Sunday, boosting his lead over conservative contender Keiko Fujimori two weeks ahead of Peru’s presidential election. Castillo, an elementary school teacher seeking to implement new taxes and royalties on the mining sector, obtained 44.8% support in the survey of the Institute of Peruvian Studies (IEP), while Fujimori, a business-friendly conservative, netted 34.4%. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Leftist Castillo builds lead...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The far-left candidate Pedro Castillo has increased his lead to more than 10 points over the authoritarian right-wing Keiko Fujimori, his rival in the second round of the presidential elections to be held next June 6 in Peru, according to the latest poll released this Sunday. According to the poll conducted by the Institute of Peruvian Studies (IEP) and published by the newspaper La República, the candidate for Peru Libre managed to increase the distance between himself and Fujimori by obtaining 44.8% of the votes, 10 points more than the leader of . . . To read the ...

Slideshow ( 3 images ) LIMA (Reuters) - Peru’s sol currency on Monday posted its biggest daily gain in just over five years after opinion polls showed the gap closing between socialist front-runner Pedro Castillo and the right-wing Keiko Fujimori ahead of June 6 presidential elections. Two new polls released Sunday and Monday showed Castillo, a little known schoolteacher from rural Peru, had lost almost his entire lead over Fujimori, a three-time contender for the presidency. The sol closed up 2.36%, its strongest daily performance since April 2016. Castillo’s surprise appearance on the b...

By Syndicated Content By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s sol currency on Monday posted its biggest daily gain in just over five years after opinion polls showed the gap closing between socialist front-runner Pedro Castillo and the right-wing Keiko Fujimori ahead of June 6 presidential elections. Two new polls released Sunday and Monday showed Castillo, a little known schoolteacher from rural Peru, had lost almost his entire lead over Fujimori, a three-time contender for the presidency. The sol closed up 2.36%, its strongest daily performance since April 2016. Castil...

Full article Pedro Castillo, a rural schoolteacher with little political experience The latest Peruvian presidential election opinion polls showed the gap between socialist front-runner Pedro Castillo and the conservative Keiko Fujimori is rapidly shrinking ahead of June 6 presidential elections. The two new polls released Sunday and Monday showed Castillo, a schoolteacher from rural Peru, had lost almost his entire lead over Fujimori, a three-time contender for the presidency. The Peruvian currency sol closed up 2.36%, its strongest...