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Peru Faces Runoff Between 2 Right-Wing Presidential Candidates

HeadlineApr 12, 2016

Peru faces a presidential runoff between two right-wing candidates after a leftist candidate was apparently eliminated in the first round of voting. The June runoff pits former World Bank economist and Wall Street favorite Pedro Kuczynski against Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori, who is in prison for crimes including ordering massacres by death squads.

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