Peru’s presidential runoff is too close to call as ballots continue to be counted from Sunday’s election between Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former dictator Alberto Fujimori, and leftist lawmaker Roberto Sánchez. Peruvian election officials say final results could take up to a month to confirm.
Peruvian economist and public policy expert Gustavo Guerra-García Picasso says “democracy has been undermined” by Fujimori and her right-wing coalition, and that “reforms must be implemented quickly to restore a presidential system with checks and balances.”
We also speak with historian Greg Grandin, who situates the Peru election in a wider battle between right and left across Latin America — with the Trump administration conducting “an unprecedented program of aggression” against leftists.
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