Saturday, April 30, 2011

Peru Lurches Left

Lost another one, 'murka.

"Ex-army officer wins most votes in Peru; faces runoff" by Associated Press / April 11, 2011

LIMA — An antiestablishment military man who promises to redistribute Peru’s wealth won the most votes in yesterday’s presidential election and will face the daughter of imprisoned former president Alberto Fujimori in a runoff, unofficial results showed.

Keiko Fujimori, 35, could end up beating Ollanta Humala in the June 5 runoff, because Humala was the only candidate who advocated altering Peru’s free-market-oriented status quo by giving the state a greater role in the economy....

Isn't that what made him the top vote-getter?

Humala has spooked foreign investors by promising to divert natural gas exports to the domestic market and to obtain greater royalties from foreign investors in Peru’s mineral wealth....   

Expect a second round rigging for Fujimori.

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