Humala receives presidential credentials

Peruvian President-elect Ollanta Humala received his credentials Thursday from the head of the national election authority, in a ceremony at the National Archaeology, Anthropology and History Museum. Humala won the June 5 run-off vote against Congresswoman Keiko Fujimori, following a polarized campaign. Humala said during the ceremony that his government will seek reconciliation during his five year [...]

Humala says will call on former UN secretary-general for advice

President-elect Ollanta Humala said Monday that he will call on the former secretary-general of the United Nations, Javier Perez de Cuellar, for advice during his administration, state news agency Andina reported. “My intention was to convince him to open a bridge, to be able to seek and receive his advice and experiences in order to [...]

Gana Peru names government transition team

President-elect Ollanta Humala’s Gana Peru party has named a team to help with the transition to government when he assumes office on July 28, CPN news service reported. The 20-member team includes leading economists from former President Alejandro Toledo’s campaign that moved to support Humala after the first round vote. Among the economists are the [...]

What should Peru do (2)?

“What should Peru do (1)?” appeared on June 4. Ollanta Humala 51.3% of the vote against 48.7% for Keiko Fujimori. Those who stayed up a good part of election night were rewarded with the news that the clear winner was Steven Levitsky, a Harvard professor of government who is teaching in Lima this year. (The [...]

Fujimori, Humala make last effort for undecided voters

Entering the final stretch of a polarized campaign, presidential hopefuls Keiko Fujimori and Ollanta Humala sent out their last messages Thursday night in an attempt to bait some 10 percent of the electorate that is still undecided. Both candidates closed their campaigns with rallies in Peruvian capital Lima attended by hordes of supporters.

What should Peru do?

This article by Paul Goulder looks at the 2011 Peru presidential election from the point of view of economics and history, and first from the economic experience of Peru from 1960 to 2007.   — Peru has spent forty-five of the last fifty years bumping along the bottom of a GNP (gross national product) chart: Only [...]

Business is betting that Keiko will be first past the post in a photo-finish

By Nicholas Asheshov  — If the secret polls are right, and the stock market, which shot sharply up seven points on Thursday, clearly thinks they are, Keiko Fujimori will squeak past Ollanta Humala to win the run-off election on Sunday June 5 and become president as of July 28, 2011 through 2016. As Keiko-backers see [...]

Nobel writer Vargas Llosa removes weekly column from El Comercio

Novelist and Nobel 2010 winner Mario Vargas Llosa wrote a harsh letter to the publisher of El Comercio daily on Monday, explaining his reasons for rescinding any right to the newspaper to republish his syndicated column from Madrid’s newspaper El País: Dear Publisher, I have asked the daily El País to, as of today, cease sending [...]

Political scientists say No to Keiko Fujimori

A group of leading Peruvian and foreign political scientists signed a statement this week to say they believe Keiko Fujimori would be the worst option as leader of Peru. The full statement reads:  “Peru is preparing for an election next June 5 in which none of the two presidential candidates exhibits the democratic credentials we would [...]

Araoz to support Fujimori in presidential run-off

Peru’s former minister of Economy and Finance, Mercredes Araoz, has decided to support presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori in the second round vote on June 5, daily El Comercio reported. Araoz said she could not vote for Fujimori’s opponent, leftist Ollanta Humala, because of the “inconsistencies” in his discourse and government plan. “I cannot vote blank [...]

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