LIMA (Reuters) -Socialist Pedro Castillo was closing in on victory in Peru's presidential election on Thursday, holding a slim lead of some 63,000 … The country had three different presidents in a week last November amid fierce street demonstrations against the dysfunctional political class. Under Peruvian law, an election victory would see the charges suspended until after her term, but defeat would see her go to trial. Prosecutors have said they would seek a 30-year jail term for Fujimori on charges of taking money from scandal-tainted Brazilian construction giant … To this must be added the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the crisis of capitalism. ... she was elected to the Peruvian … The country had three different presidents in a week last November amid fierce street demonstrations against the dysfunctional political class. LIMA, Peru (AP) — Amid an unrelenting coronavirus pandemic that has overwhelmed cemeteries, Peruvian voters will choose Sunday between a political novice who has scared business by promising to overhaul the key mining industry and a career politician whose father is a former president jailed for corruption and human rights violations. Peruvians will also be looking for stability after going through four presidents in three years. First official results are expected late Sunday night. Under Peruvian law, an election victory would see the charges suspended until after her term, but defeat would see her go to trial. Domingo Perez said that Fujimori had made contact with a witness named Miguel Torres Morales in breach of her parole terms. On top of the political unrest, the Peruvian economy contracted 12.9 percent in 2020—among the worst in Latin America—and the country reported the second-highest COVID-19 death rate per capita in the world at the end of the year. Peruvian presidential candidate Pedro Castillo gestures at supporters from a balcony of his party's headquarters in Lima on June 7, 2021, after taking a razor-thin lead as the final votes are tallied in a neck-and-neck battle with populist Keiko Fujimori following the runoff election of June 6. Since 2016, three former presidents have been arrested for corruption, and a fourth committed suicide prior to arrest. ... Ecuador, Peru to elect presidents amid strengthened pandemic. In November 2020, former President Martin Vizcarra was impeached by Peru’s Congress in a move that was widely considered an illegal congressional coup, leading to demonstrations that were met with violence. Peruvians will also be looking for stability after going through four presidents in three years. Seven Interpretive Essays on Peruvian Reality, 1971. Peruvian presidential candidate Pedro Castillo gestures at supporters from a balcony of his party's headquarters in Lima on June 7, 2021, after taking a razor-thin lead as the final votes are tallied in a neck-and-neck battle with populist Keiko Fujimori following the runoff election of June 6. A … During his decade in power, Fujimori is alleged to have illegally accumulated over $600 million in public funds. A Donald Trump supporter is accused of intentionally defacing an intersection painted in rainbow colors to celebrate Pride Month in Delray Beach, Florida. Peruvian presidential candidate, right-wing Keiko Fujimori, greets her supporters as she leaves the polling station after casting her vote, during the presidential runoff election in Lima, on June 6, 2021. Prosecutors have said they would seek a 30-year jail term for Fujimori. Five former presidents are in jail or accused of corruption. First official results are expected late Sunday night. ... she was elected to the Peruvian … Under Peruvian law, an election victory would see the charges suspended until after her term, but defeat would see her go to trial. Alejandro Toledo and … Alberto Kenya Fujimori Inomoto (Spanish: [alˈβeɾto fuxiˈmoɾi] or [fu(ɟ)ʝiˈmoɾi]; Japanese: 藤森謙也, born 28 July 1938) is a former Peruvian engineer and politician who served as the President of Peru from 28 July 1990 until his downfall on 22 November 2000. Peru's Fujimori repeats election fraud claim, trusts no jail. ... Ecuador, Peru to elect presidents amid strengthened pandemic. Alejandro Toledo and … News. After Castillo’s Twitter account changed his bio to ‘president-elect’, many of Fujimori’s supporters rushed to likewise declare themselves as elected presidents – or in some cases the ruling monarch of a ‘Peruvian Empire’. Peruvians will also look to the winner to end years of political turbulence after four presidents in the last three years, and with seven of the last 10 of the country's leaders either having been convicted of or investigated for corruption. Prosecutors have said they would seek a 30-year jail term for Fujimori. Peruvians will also be looking for stability after going through four presidents in three years. The mass demonstrations of November 2020 were an expression of the deep anger accumulated in Peruvian society. ... the Japanese citizen who was our president for over 10 years and is now in jail for human rights violations and embezzelment, we've had two other presidents. After Castillo’s Twitter account changed his bio to ‘president-elect’, many of Fujimori’s supporters rushed to likewise declare themselves as elected presidents – or in some cases the ruling monarch of a ‘Peruvian Empire’. ... Ecuador, Peru to elect presidents amid strengthened pandemic. ... she was elected to the Peruvian … Alberto Kenya Fujimori Inomoto (Spanish: [alˈβeɾto fuxiˈmoɾi] or [fu(ɟ)ʝiˈmoɾi]; Japanese: 藤森謙也, born 28 July 1938) is a former Peruvian engineer and politician who served as the President of Peru from 28 July 1990 until his downfall on 22 November 2000. Peruvians will also look to the winner to end years of political turbulence after four presidents in the last three years, and with seven of the last 10 of the country's leaders either having been convicted of or investigated for corruption. Since 2016, three former presidents have been arrested for corruption, and a fourth committed suicide prior to arrest. A prosecutor on the case against conservative presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori of Peru requested her preventative arrest on Thursday, less than 24 hours after Fujimori issued a request for the nation’s electoral commission to remove as many as 200,000 votes from Sunday’s presidential election due to alleged fraud. In November 2020, former President Martin Vizcarra was impeached by Peru’s Congress in a move that was widely considered an illegal congressional coup, leading to demonstrations that were met with violence. All the institutions of bourgeois democracy are extremely discredited. LIMA, Peru (AP) — Amid an unrelenting coronavirus pandemic that has overwhelmed cemeteries, Peruvian voters will choose Sunday between a political novice who has scared business by promising to overhaul the key mining industry and a career politician whose father is a former president jailed for corruption and human rights violations. Seven of their last 10 leaders have either been convicted or are under investigation for corruption. Notwithstanding these achievements, according to the historian Alfonso Quiroz, between $1.5 billion and $4 billion was lost to corruption, making the Fujimori’s regime the most corrupt in Peruvian history. A Donald Trump supporter is accused of intentionally defacing an intersection painted in rainbow colors to celebrate Pride Month in Delray Beach, Florida. All the institutions of bourgeois democracy are extremely discredited. Prosecutors have said they would seek a 30-year jail term for Fujimori on charges of taking money from scandal-tainted Brazilian construction giant … Latest news from around the globe, including the nuclear arms race, migration, North Korea, Brexit and more.