Tag: Pedro Castillo

• Friday, June 4th 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  Keiko narrows the gap with leftist Castillo for Peru's presidential runoff

  

  Conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former dictator Alberto Fujimori now sitting in jail for human rights violations, closes in on leftist first-round winner Pedro Castillo for Sunday's presidential runoff in Peru, a study showed Thursday.

• Monday, May 31st 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Peruvian presidential candidates exchange heavy verbal fire one week before runoff

  

  While socialist candidate Pedro Castillo of the Peru Libre party insisted he would renegotiate the contracts of large companies that are taking away the country's mining wealth, the conservative Keiko Fujimori of Fuerza Popular accused him of trying to impose a government that will not respect private initiative.

• Friday, May 14th 2021 - 09:28 UTC

  Peru: Motion to impeach President Sagasti fails forlornly in Parliament

  

  An overwhelming majority of Peru's Parliament Thursday voted in plenum against a motion seeking to oust President Francisco Sagasti.

• Tuesday, May 11th 2021 - 00:53 UTC

  Keiko Fujimori soars in Peruvian presidential election polls

  

  The latest Peruvian presidential election opinion polls showed the gap between socialist front-runner Pedro Castillo and the conservative Keiko Fujimori is rapidly shrinking ahead of June 6 presidential elections.

• Monday, May 3rd 2021 - 09:28 UTC

  Castillo and Fujimori hold first presidential debate leading to Peru's runoff

  

  The presidential debate between both runoff candidates, one of whom will become Peru's new president on June 6, took place Saturday in the North Andean city of Chota.

• Friday, April 30th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Peru Libre candidate Pedro Castillo hospitalized with respiratory problems

  

  Peruvian presidential hopeful Pedro Castillo was hospitalized Thursday with a “respiratory decompensation,” his party Peru Libre announced.

• Monday, April 19th 2021 - 21:44 UTC

  Covid-19 cases soar in Peru just days after the elections

  

  Peru's Health Ministry has recorded 433 covid-19 related deaths, bringing the total toll to 57,230 in 13 months, it was announced Monday. Also, 7,131 new infections were detected Sunday, bringing the total to 1,704,757. The steep increase comes days after the country's general elections.

• Friday, April 16th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Third-place finisher in Peru's elections wants vote count review but shall not endorse Castillo at runoff

  

  Rafael López Aliaga of Popular Renovation (Renovación Popular – a right-wing party founded in 2020), who finished third in Sunday's first round of Peru´s presidential election with 11.69% of valid votes, behind Pedro Castillo (19.12%) and Keiko Fujimori (13.37% ) has requested Thursday the revision of all the voting records but warned he will not support “Communist” Castillo at the June 6 runoff.

• Tuesday, April 13th 2021 - 09:54 UTC

  Pedro Castillo and Keiko Fujimori likely candidates for Peru's presidential runoff

  

  Ultra-leftist candidate Pedro Castillo of the Peru Libre party and perennial conservative contender Keiko Fujimori looked poised to advance to the runoff after Peru's National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) had counted 93.479% of the votes.

• Monday, April 12th 2021 - 11:20 UTC

  Pedro Castillo ahead in Peruvian elections but results will take about a month to be known

  

  Ultra left-wing candidate Pedro Castillo of the Perú Libre party was surprisingly ahead on Monday morning after the first round of Peru's presidential elections, but the names of those advancing to the runoff will not be known for about a month, officials said.