Lima, Peru — Keiko Fujimori is increasingly closer to becoming Peru’s first female president, inching ahead in what is her fourth presidential bid since 2011. With only 300 ballots left to be reviewed, she already holds a lead of more than 40,000 votes over leftist candidate Roberto Sánchez. The candidate from the Fuerza Popular party […] The post Keiko Fujimori widens her lead, is one step closer…
It’s been nine days since the runoff election between conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori and leftist Roberto Sánchez and Peruvians are still awaiting a definitive result in what’s become a razor-tight election. As of June 15, Fujimori continued to edge ahead with 50.051% of the vote compared to Sánchez’s 49.949% – a difference of about 18,300 […] The post Peru’s presidential race remains too…
Roberto Sánchez, a left-wing congressman and former minister, campaigns wearing a hulking straw hat — one that is not his own. It once belonged to Pedro Castillo, the jailed former president of Perú, who won the 2021 election against Keiko Fujimori, the conservative daughter of former dictator Alberto Fujimori, whom Sánchez will also face in […] The post Perú’s Roberto Sánchez carries Pedro…
In yet another polarized Latin American election, Peru’s June 7 runoff pits two ideological opposites against each other. Keiko Fujimori, the conservative daughter of former dictator Alberto Fujimori, and Roberto Sanchez, a left-wing congressman backed by jailed former President Pedro Castillo, won the first round of voting on April 12 with 17% and 12% of […] The post A polarized election may not…
As the global sustainable forestry industry grows, long-term conservation projects in Latin American countries like Peru are taking off. The post Slalom Foundation supports Peruvian protected areas as $1.3 trillion carbon credit market grows appeared first on Perú Reports .
Lima, Peru — Peru’s general election, held Sunday, April 12, has been thrown into uncertainty following a series of logistical failures, contested tally sheets, and newly reported irregularities that have raised doubts about the integrity of the process—even as authorities insist there is no evidence of fraud. With partial results still being processed several days […] The post Mounting…
Corruption ranks among Peruvians’ top concerns, only second to insecurity, as the country heads into a general election on Sunday. Since 2016, Peru has suffered from severe political instability, with repeated graft scandals contributing to the succession of eight different presidents. The country currently ranks 130 out of 182 on Transparency International’s corruption index. To […] The post Can…
Over 27 million Peruvians are set to vote in the first round of highly unpredictable presidential elections and elect a new Congress on 12 April. With a record number of 35 candidates still in the presidential race, the polls have shown strong, week-to-week volatility. The surprise emergence of an outsider candidate making it to the […] The post What to expect from Peru’s general election on…
Lima, Peru — A pipeline explosion in southern Peru last week has triggered an energy crisis, exposing a structural vulnerability little known outside the country: Peru relies almost entirely on a single natural gas transport system to supply its economy. The incident occurred on March 1 at kilometer 43 of the Camisea Gas Project pipeline […] The post A jungle pipeline explosion exposes Peru’s…
In a dramatic last-minute reversal that underscores Peru’s political instability, President José María Balcázar swore in economist Denisse Miralles as prime minister on Tuesday, despite having officially announced days earlier that the position would go to former presidential candidate Hernando de Soto. The abrupt shift unfolded just hours after de Soto said he had finalized […] The post Peru’s…
