Keiko Fujimori wins first round of presidential elections in Peru

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Keiko Fujimori, the conservative daughter of jailed former president Alberto Fujimori, led the first round of Peru’s presidential election on Sunday but fell short of outright victory and faces a run-off in June, three The close race for second place and a spot in the run-off was between Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, a centre-right former World Bank economist, and the left-wing lawmaker, Veronika Mendoza.
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Support for Fujimori, who is 40, slipped after tens of thousands protested against her on 5 April, 24 years after her father shut Congress with the support of the army.

A runoff between Fujimori and the 77-year-old Kuczynski would likely ensure Peru’s free-market economic model remains intact. Kuczynski is seen as Wall Street’s preferred candidate.

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As much I'm frustrated by the overt support of most of Latin America's left to Chávez and his poltical party, I think many of them have done quite good to their countries and this surge of right-wing government is a bit worrying to me. I mean, one thing is electing someone like Argentina's Mauricio Macri, your typical neoliberal suit. Another thing is voting for the daughter of a president who is jailed for crimes against human rights whose campaign has been "I promise I will only do the good things my dad did".
 

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She was asked about it in an interview and gave a vague answer saying it will be studied by corresponding legal means and then abruptly ended the interview. Now she claims her father's pardon is not a political topic but a constitutional one.