Peru’s Keiko Fujimori wins presidential election, in latest victory for Latin American right
- President-Elect Keiko Fujimori won Peru's June 7 presidential runoff by fewer than 50,000 votes, outpolling leftist Roberto Sanchez to secure the presidency on her fourth attempt.
- Her victory returns the Fujimori name to Peru's presidential palace more than two decades after the fall of her late father, Alberto Fujimori, whose legacy of crushing Maoist rebels remains deeply divisive.
- Facing rising crime and extortion gangs, Fujimori vowed an 'iron fist' approach to security, though Ricardo Valdes, director of the Observatory on Crime and Violence, warned Peru's 'urgent need' for quick results will be complex.
- While leftist rival Sanchez has yet to recognize the results, alleging administrative irregularities in overseas voting, Fujimori stated, 'We have the responsibility of listening to both sides. The doors for dialogue are open.'
- Fujimori will take office on July 28 for a five-year term, joining a regional wave of right-wing leaders elected on crime-fighting platforms in Chile, Colombia, Bolivia, and Ecuador.
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The United States congratulated Keiko Fujimori on Tuesday, June 30, and reaffirmed its cooperation in regional security. Through a statement issued through the State Department, and signed by Marco Rubio, the United States expressed its willingness to collaborate with the elected president of Peru. “The United States congratulates Peru’s elected president, Keiko Fujimori, for her important electoral victory. The Trump Administration looks forwar…
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Fox NewsState Department congratulates Keiko Fujimori as Peru's president-elect following razor-thin vote count
The State Department congratulates Keiko Fujimori after she was declared winner of Peru's presidential runoff by fewer than 50,000 votes out of 18 million ballots cast.
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