Electorate is closely split leading into crucial Peru Presidential vote to be held this Sunday

Peru is set for presidential elections on Sunday. Polls show front-runner Keiko Fujimori is short of the fifty percent of votes needed for an outright win. Keiko is the 40-year-old daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori, who is serving a jail sentence for human rights abuses and for corruption of his administration. Support has surged in…

In an election season that has already been marred by controversy and demonstrations, Peruvians head to the polls to pick their next president Sunday. After reaching his term limit, President Ollanta Humala is stepping down, and the woman he defeated in 2011, Keiko Fujimori, appears poised to become the country’s next head of state. Here’s everything…