Tag: Peru elections

• 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.

• Wednesday, January 20th 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  Peruvian leader pledges to pardon ex-president Fujimori if she wins April's general election

  

  Peru's opposition leader Keiko Fujimori has said that she would pardon her jailed father, former president Alberto Fujimori, if she wins April's general election. The 82-year-old Fujimori is serving a 25-year sentence for crimes against humanity and corruption.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 08:24 UTC

  OAS Mission congratulates Peruvians for the peaceful Sunday vote

  

  The Electoral Experts Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) congratulated Peruvian citizens for a peaceful vote in which they expressed their will in a decisive way. The Mission also congratulated electoral authorities on their ability to organize in a short-term the national referendum on December 9.

• Wednesday, September 19th 2018 - 09:03 UTC

  Peruvian president in standoff with congress: fresh elections if reforms are not approved

  

  Peru's president is facing a standoff with lawmakers over his call for a referendum on anti-corruption measures and constitutional reforms.