Thousands march against Keiko Fujimori before vote [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

Thousands march against Keiko Fujimori before vote

By Moises Avila, Luis Jaime Cisneros (AFP) 1 hour ago.

Thousands of people marched in Peru's capital against Keiko Fujimori, the frontrunner ahead of Sunday's presidential runoff.

Marchers shouted slogans such as "Keiko No!" and "No to a state run by drug traffickers", an allusion to her father, disgraced ex-president Alberto Fujimori. His decade in office, veered from elected to almost authoritarian rule, and was plagued by corruption. His supporters however praised his hard line against the communist guerrilla group Shining Path, and some economic strides.

Keiko Fujimori, a right-wing populist who would be Peru's first woman president, is the political heir to her father's controversial rule from 1990 to 2000.

Alberto Fujimori, 77, is now serving a 25-year sentence for massacres committed by an army death squad during his rule.

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