Tag: <span>Elections in Peru</span>
February 21, 2023 > Barbara Fraser
Peruvian turmoil recipe for green-policy rollbacks?
Advocacy groups worry Peru’s Congress will take advantage of ongoing political and social strife by enacting bills that spur deforestation, undercut protections for isolated indigenous people, and cramp the government’s […] Read More >
October 11, 2011 > Staff
Peru: Ollanta Humala Fires 30 Police Commanders In Corruption Clean-Up
Today in Latin America Top Story — Peruvian President Ollanta Humala fired two-thirds of the country’s top police commanders in a move intended to root out corruption. Thirty of Peru’s […] Read More >
June 10, 2011 > Staff
Peru’s Humala Visits Brazil To Meet With Rousseff; Looks To Distance Himself From Chávez
Today in Latin America Top Story — Peru’s president-elect Ollanta Humala made a visit to Brazil Thursday, where he met with President Dilma Rousseff, as part of his South American […] Read More >
June 6, 2011 > Staff
Ollanta Humala Expected To Win Peru’s Runoff Election
Today in Latin America Top Story — Leftwing nationalist Ollanta Humala held a very narrow lead as of late Sunday night over conservative Keiko Fujimori in Peru’s runoff presidential election, […] Read More >
June 2, 2011 > Paul Alonso
Keiko Fujimori, “To Call Me Right-Wing Is a Lie” — An Interview
Keiko Fujimori is 35 years old and the daughter of ex-president Alberto Fujimori, jailed and sentenced for human rights violations in 2009. She became Peru’s first lady at 19 and […] Read More >
April 25, 2011 > Roque Planas
Mario Vargas Llosa Throws Support Behind Ollanta Humala In Peru’s Runoff Election
Peruvian Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, a political conservative famous for his criticism of Latin America’s far left, discarded the possibility of voting for rightwing candidate Keiko Fujimori in Peru’s […] Read More >
April 11, 2011 > Staff
Peru’s Ollanta Humala Wins First-Round Presidential Election, Will Likely Face Fujimori In Runoff
Today in Latin America Top Story — Leftwing nationalist Ollanta Humala will probably face conservative Keiko Fujimori in a second-round election for the Peruvian presidency, scheduled for June 5. A […] Read More >
March 28, 2011 > Staff
Nationalist Ollanta Humala Pulls Ahead In Peru’s Presidential Race
Today in Latin America Top Story — Left-leaning nationalist Ollanta Humala took the lead in Peru’s presidential race, according to a poll by CPI released Sunday. Some 21.1 percent of […] Read More >
August 30, 2010 > Paul Alonso
Ollanta Humala, “Neither Left, Nor Right” — An Interview
LIMA, Peru — Anti-establishment, “chavista,” ethnic nationalist—these are some of the terms that people have used to stigmatize him. But Ollanta Humala, the most likely presidential candidate for the Peruvian […] Read More >