Peru Votes for a President

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Peru Votes for a President

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Ollanta Humala of the Peruvian Nationalist Party was leading in public opinion polls heading into Sunday’s election.

In a general election that is expected to lead to a runoff in June, Peruvians headed to the polls on Sunday to vote for their next president. Leading in the polls was leftist and former anti-government rebel Ollanta Humala.

Humala’s three main rivals are all funded by big business. —JCL

Al-Jazeera English:

Polls have showed that none of the 10 candidates were expected to reach the threshold of half the vote needed to avoid a runoff.

Former anti-government rebel Ollanta Humala maintains a slim lead over his closest rival, the daughter of a jailed ex-president, a poll showed on Saturday.

The Ipsos poll gave Humala, the leader of the Peruvian Nationalist Party, 28.1 per cent of the vote, followed by congresswoman Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of the former president, with 21.1 per cent, pointing to a close runoff between them.

Humala, a lieutenant colonel in the army, launched a small rebellion against Fujimori’s father, Alberto Fujimori, in 2000. Fujimori was removed from office that year and has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in human rights violations perpetrated during the country’s battle against leftist guerillas in the 1990s.

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By Kassandra Zuanich, April 11, 2011 at 1:08 pm Link to this comment

definite communist. but the problem with Humala is that he doesn’t think much for himself and is heavily influenced by Chavez. He ran on the last elections and his whole campaign was funded by Chavez. The Peruvian country doesn’t have the leverage that Venezuela has with Oil, so it could bring the country backwards by a lot. They were doing well with foreign investment, bringing jobs to the economy and helping it grow. With Humala, foreign investment is at stake as has been seen by the drop in its currency yesterday. It’s the lowest its been. Humala also brings with him the rise of terrorist groups that have been prevalent in Peru these past decades. The country is definitely fearing.

And chances are, he’ll be elected, since his runner up, Keiko Fujimori isn’t who people will be voting for if their other candidates aren’t in the race, and voting is obligatory in Peru.

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