Opus Dei, leftist, former goalie: who's who in Peru election race?

[Judi Lynn]

1. 'People don't want any of them': Peru election sees unpredictable contest

About 28% of Peruvians wouldn’t choose any of the candidates, poll shows ahead of Sunday’s vote

Dan Collyns in Lima
@yachay_dc
Sat 10 Apr 2021 06.00 EDT

An ultra-conservative millionaire who admits to scourging himself daily to repress sexual desire is just one of an assortment of low-polling candidates who all have a shot at becoming Peru’s next president.

Rafael López Aliaga is technically tied with five other contenders in an unpredictable contest to make a runoff vote in June, including a former goalkeeper, a Sorbonne-educated socialist and the daughter of the country’s jailed former leader Alberto Fujimori.

Sunday’s vote will take place during a second wave of Covid-19 which this week set a new record for daily deaths as the highly contagious Brazilian variant takes hold. Neighbouring Chile postponed a constituent assembly vote due for the same day after a surge in cases.

Peruvians joke they have been long accustomed to voting for the mal menor – or the lesser evil – but Hernán Chaparro, a political analyst, said “that concept has been overtaken”.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/apr/10/peru-elections-presidential-candidates