With Rising Crime on Their Minds, Peruvians to Vote for President yet Again
- Peruvians will vote for their ninth president in 10 years amid rising crime concerns.
- Keiko Fujimori, a conservative and daughter of a disgraced former president, and nationalist congressman Roberto Sánchez are the runoff candidates after neither earned 20% support in the first round.
- Rising crime, especially extortion, is the main worry for voters, with Fujimori campaigning on a tough-on-crime platform and defending her father's record against the Shining Path insurgency.
- Sánchez promises to fight police corruption and allow increased military support for security reforms.
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Enid News & EagleWith rising crime on their minds, Peruvians vote for president yet again
Peruvians are choosing between two presidential candidates with starkly different views. Keiko Fujimori, a conservative and daughter of a disgraced former president, faces Roberto Sánchez, a nationalist congressman. Neither candidate secured even 20% support in the first round in April.…
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A ninth leader in 10 years: Peru’s runoff hinges on crime and 30% undecided voters
Peruvians have chosen between two presidential candidates with starkly different views. Keiko Fujimori, a conservative and daughter of a former president, faced Roberto Sánchez, a nationalist congressman, in the runoff.
For the fourth time, the daughter of the former autocrat Alberto Fujimori arrives in the second round of the election on Sunday 7 June. In front of the left-wing candidate, Roberto Sanchez, she relies on urban popular voters and the business community, sensitive to her promises of "return to order" and of maintaining the neoliberal economic model.
Peru opens its ballot boxes today to fight, vote by vote, in the ring of the extremes of the Americas. Everything points to a return to living in the Andean country a recount to the limit,...
The right-wing candidate promises "hard hand" against criminality but will have to face the 'anti-fujimorist' sentiment that has polarized Peruvians for 30 years.More information: The suspension of the elections overturns the presidential elections in Peru: the recount continues after 10 days and reports of fraud.
A controversial leftist or the daughter of the ex-dictator? On June 7, Peru chooses between Roberto Sánchez and Keiko Fujimori. Who are they?
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