Tag: Peru General Elections

• Tuesday, June 7th 2011 - 01:25 UTC

  Brazil government celebrates Humala’s victory; invites president-elect to Brasilia

  

  Brazil’s presidential foreign affairs advisor Marco Aurelio Garcia celebrated the victory of nationalist Peruvian president elect Ollanta Humala who beat Keiko Fujimori in the Sunday run off by a minimum difference.

• Monday, June 6th 2011 - 17:04 UTC

  Humala promises a ‘national concerted government’ and close links to Mercosur

  

  Peruvian president-elect nationalist Ollanta Humala promised Monday a ‘national concerted government” with representation of all democratic forces and open to the civil community.

• Monday, June 6th 2011 - 06:17 UTC

  Humala claims victory in Peruvian presidential run-off

  

  The nationalist former Army officer Ollanta Humala claimed victory in Peru’s presidential election run-off as he clung to a lead of about 20,000 votes over Congresswoman Keiko Fujimori.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 17:13 UTC

  Humala or Keiko, they will have to work hard for parliamentary support

  

  Whatever happens next June 5 when the Peruvian presidential run-off between Ollanta Humala and Keiko Fujimori, none of them will have a clear support in the 130 seats Congress which will force alliances as has been the recent legislative history of the Andean country.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 15:09 UTC

  Peru’s Humala promises good relations with Chile, discards Venezuela’s ALBA

  

  Peruvian presidential candidate Ollanta Humala said that in the event of winning the runoff against Keiko Fujimori he will strengthen relations with Brazil, Chile and the United States as well as with Unasur, and has no intentions of joining Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez inspired ALBA.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2011 - 15:58 UTC

  Humala and Keiko will have to convince the 45% middle of the road vote

  

  With 90% of Sunday’s presidential election ballots counted Peru is headed for a runoff between nationalist Ollanta Humala and former lawmaker Keiko Fujimori, a choice many voters in the country’s surging middle and upper classes might have trouble swallowing.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2011 - 04:25 UTC

  Humala’s run off with Keiko Fujimori; Peruvian economy faces overheating

  

  Peru’s presidential election on Sunday will have a second round of voting between Ollanta Humala and Keiko Fujimori on 5th June, according to the latest official percentages which indicate the nationalist former Army officer has 31.75% of the vote and the daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori, 23.29%, quite distanced from Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s (PPK) 18.8%.

• Monday, April 11th 2011 - 05:00 UTC

  Peruvian presidential election has a winner, a run off date but no runner-up, yet

  

  Former army officer and politically nationalist Ollanta Humala won the most votes in Peru’s presidential elections, though will need to wait for full results to know who he’ll face in a June runoff.

• Friday, April 8th 2011 - 23:05 UTC

  Peru presidential hopefuls: “Leprosy, Yellow Fever; Alzheimer; Cirrhosis and Autism”

  

  Peruvian voters appealed to clever and skilful mechanisms using the Twitter net to avoid the ban on releasing the latest public opinion polls ahead of Sunday’s April 10 presidential election.

• Monday, April 4th 2011 - 00:47 UTC

  Humala leads in Peruvian presidential race and a run-off June 5 is almost certain

  

  Nationalist candidate Ollanta Humala consolidated his lead in Peru’s presidential race according to the latest public opinion polls published Sunday in the country’s main dailies. Earlier in the week Humala promised investors he would manage the economy prudently and respect foreign investors despite his radical past.