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Left-winger Castillo polling ahead of Fujimori for Peru presidency

03-05-2021 11:22 Far-left labour unionist Pedro Castillo is ahead of right-wing populist Keiko Fujimori among voters before Peru's June 6 presidential run-off, according to a poll released Sunday.

Peru election 2021

Castillo and Fujimori, rivals vying for Peru's presidency

14-04-2021 11:41 Far-left unionist Pedro Castillo and right-wing populist Keiko Fujimori will vie for the presidency of Peru in a run-off election on June 6.

Peru election 2021

Peruvian socialist set to face Fujimori in battle of extremes

13-04-2021 14:25 Peru’s next leader will be either a rural schoolteacher who vows to nationalise industries, or the polarising right-wing daughter of a jailed strongman.

PERUVIAN ELECTION 2021

Far-left schoolteacher takes lead as Peru counts presidential votes

12-04-2021 22:23 Union leader and teacher Pedro Castillo takes surprise, though slim, lead in Peru's presidential election, and will likely face a right-wing rival in a run-off in June, incomplete results showed Monday.

Democracy in Crisis

Peru's Fujimori hospitalized for neurological and lung issues

04-02-2020 14:19 His last public statement came five days ago, when his daughter, Keiko Fujimori, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for corruption charges.

Odebrecht Corruption

Peru court orders Keiko Fujimori to return to prison

30-01-2020 11:21 Citing new evidence and concern that opposition leader is a 'flight risk,' a judge ordered that she be preventatively detained for period of 15 months.

Peru Elections

No party emerging as clear winner in Peru congress elections

27-01-2020 11:38 Peruvians vote to elect 130 new members of congress that will legislate for only a year, after President Vizacarra dissolved its predecessor in September 2019.

Court ruling

Peru court backs president's decision to dissolve Congress

15-01-2020 12:23 Nation's Constitutional Court backs President Vizcarra’s controversial 2019 decision to dissolve the nation’s legislature.

Political turmoil

Peru President Vizcarra dissolves Congress, calls fresh elections

01-10-2019 09:18 Peru lurches into new period of political uncertainty after Martín Vizcarra dissolves opposition-controlled congress and calls new elections in anti-corruption row.

CORRUPTION IN PERU

Peru president urges elections to end 'institutional crisis'

29-07-2019 15:30 Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra, facing massive resistance from the country's legislature over anti-corruption reforms, said that "Peru is screaming out for a new beginning."