Peruvians will vote in a runoff to pick a ninth president in 10 years as crime fears dominate
Both candidates are running on tougher security plans as Peruvians weigh crime, corruption and a political system that has cycled through nine presidents in 10 years.
- On Sunday, Peruvians will vote in a runoff election to choose their ninth president in 10 years, selecting between conservative Keiko Fujimori and nationalist congressman Roberto Sánchez.
- Rising crime is the top priority for voters, with homicide rates doubling this decade and 84% of urban residents fearing victimization in a 2025 National Institute of Statistics and Informatics survey.
- Fujimori, on her fourth presidential bid, promises a crackdown on crime, while Sánchez seeks to reassure investors by pledging not to nationalize assets and renegotiating contracts for mines like Las Bambas.
- Voting is mandatory for Peruvians aged 18 to 70, with more than 27 million people registered and about 1.2 million expected to cast ballots from abroad, mainly in the United States.
- Despite cycling through three presidents since October, Peru's economy maintained more than 3% growth in 2024 and 2025, aided by its status as the world's second-largest copper producer.
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Peru, our neighbor of the south and object of our interest for many reasons, is going to the polls today to elect its new president or president of the Republic, with the aspiration that this time it will lead a government that, fulfilling its promises and respecting the institutions, completes a period, which has not happened in the last decade.
Peru's presidential elections are decided on Sunday, June 7, with the second round being fought by right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori and left-wing candidate Roberto Sánchez, a contest whose winner will become the ninth president of the country in ten years, when a decade of political instability is reached.More than 27.3 million Peruvians are summoned to the polls to determine if they return to fujimorism to power after a quarter of a century …
Peru is set to elect its 10th president in a decade
Peruvians will elect their new president Sunday with polls suggesting a polarized but tight race between perennial hard-right candidate Keiko Fujimori and leftist Roberto Sánchez.Fujimori had been polling a few points ahead, with around a quarter of voters still undecided, but Reuters reports Sánchez could have narrowed the gap in the last week.Keiko, as she’s known in Peru, is running on the legacy of her father, the late, disgraced strongman P…
Sunday, June 7, the final duel is played between the representative of the radical left, Roberto Sanchez, and the conservative Keiko Fujimori, who has already been beaten three times because of the heavy legacy of his father, the autocrate Alberto Fujimori. They are at the elbow to elbow in the polls.
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