PERU: Latest Latin American country to turn left*

The first round of Peru’s current elections indicates that Peruvian voters are following Latin America’s current leftward trend, writes Peter Westmore.The first round of elections in Peru suggests that one of two popular nationalists, Ollanta Humala or Alan Garcia, will become the next President of Peru, marking a continuation of a swing to the left which has swept Latin America over recent years.Peru is located on the Pacific Ocean in the north-west of Latin America, sandwiched between Ecuador …

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