With voters 'fed up of politicians,' Peru's election is wide open
APRIL 6, 20216:12 AMUPDATED 8 HOURS AGO
By Marco Aquino
4 MIN READ
LIMA (Reuters) - In the popularity contest to become Perus next president, nobody is winning.
The Andean countrys voters, tired of years of political turmoil and corruption, are split as never before over who to vote for when polls open next Sunday.
That has left the election race in the worlds number two copper producer wide open, weighing on markets and the sol currency. There are 18 candidates, half a dozen of whom could reach the likely second round run-off.
It is unprecedented in the history of Peru... that with so few days until the elections the main candidates have such low levels of voter support, said Jeffrey Radzinsky, a lawyer and governance expert in Lima.
In the lead is Yonhy Lescano who opinion polls indicate has just 12.1% of support. Lescano is a social conservative who has said he wants fairer wealth distribution.
He is polling just ahead of liberal economist Hernando de Soto, leftist Verónika Mendoza, former soccer goalkeeper George Forsyth and conservative Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori.
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Yonhy Lescano
A man of the people?
Verónika Mendoza, líder de la izquierda peruana
"leftist" candidate
extraordinary native Peruvian-made facemask
- click on photo link and grab your barf bag to see Big Dummy of the people-
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Someone should tell this Venezuelan-born soccer goal-keeper Presidents have to stay inside all day!
Keiko Fujimori, right-wing daughter of imprisoned former bloodthirsty dictator, Alberto Fujimori, shown below