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LIMA, Peru — This resource- rich, corruption-bedeviled Andean nation is notorious for volatile politics. Even so, today’s presidential election is shaping up to be the most unpredictable in decades.
Favored to win the most votes is Ollanta Humala, a leftist former army officer who has spooked foreign investors by promising greater state control over the economy and wealth redistribution to favor the poor. Humala is expected to fall far short of the simple majority needed to win outright and avoid a June runoff.
Keiko Fujimori, daughter of imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori, was running second, ahead of Alejandro Toledo, Peru’s president from 2001-2006, and Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, who served as Toledo’s economy and prime minister.
