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Montevideo, May 13th 2026 - 12:50 UTC

Tag: Rafael López Aliaga

  • Wednesday, April 22nd 2026 - 14:18 UTC

    Peru's electoral authority chief resigns as runoff still undecided ten days after first round

    The failures that triggered the crisis included delays of up to five hours in the opening of polling stations in the capital and the postponement of voting to the following day at thirteen locations

    Piero Corvetto resigned as head of Peru's National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) on Tuesday, ten days after the April 12 first-round presidential vote, amid judicial investigations and an institutional credibility crisis deepened by the logistical failures recorded during the election. The National Justice Board (JNJ) accepted the resignation unanimously.

  • Wednesday, April 15th 2026 - 23:55 UTC

    Rural vote upends Peru count: leftist Sanchez overtakes Lopez Aliaga and advances to runoff

    “Because it's the popular movement and the highland areas, it has to be fraud. Show the evidence. No vote is worth more than another, Mr. López Aliaga,” Sánchez said

    The count in Peru's presidential election produced a dramatic reversal on Wednesday. With 91% of ballots processed by the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE), leftist Roberto Sánchez (Juntos por el Perú) surged from sixth to second place, displacing ultraconservative Rafael López Aliaga (Renovación Popular) and positioning himself for the June 7 runoff against Keiko Fujimori (Fuerza Popular), who holds first place with 16.99% of the vote.

  • Monday, April 13th 2026 - 10:55 UTC

    Peru extends voting to Monday as Fujimori and Lopez Aliaga emerge as runoff contenders

    The official ONPE count, with 47% of ballots processed at the time of publication, showed Fujimori in first place with 17.05%, followed by López Aliaga at 15.36%

    Peru will hold an unprecedented supplementary voting day on Monday: more than 52,000 citizens unable to cast ballots on Sunday due to logistical failures will vote at 187 polling stations in Lima and in the overseas jurisdictions of Orlando, Florida, and Paterson, New Jersey. The National Elections Jury (JNE) authorized the extension and urged polling firms to suspend the release of surveys to avoid influencing remaining voters.

  • 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

    The Opus Dei candidate López Aliaga will not support a Communist for president.

    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.