Humala leads Peru vote, run-off wide open

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Humala leads Peru vote, run-off wide open
49 mins ago

Left-wing nationalist Ollanta Humala was set to win the first round of Peru's presidential election on Sunday and face one of two pro-business challengers in a June 5 run-off, early results showed. Skip related content

With 18 percent of ballots tallied, officials said Humala had 26.5 percent of the votes, followed by former Wall Street banker Pedro Pablo Kuczynski at 24.5 percent and rightist lawmaker Keiko Fujimori at 21.1 percent.

Three earlier unofficial samplings of ballots, however, showed Humala with a wider lead over his nearest challenger and Fujimori advancing to the run-off with a lead of 2 to 4 percentage points over Kuczynski.

Despite a decade-long economic boom, a third of Peruvians live in poverty and many rallied behind Humala, a former army officer who has positioned himself as a man of the people facing rivals backed by big business.

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[David__77]

1. I would vote for Humala.

Reluctantly. There is little alternative to the Aprista/Fujimorista/neoliberal cabals.

[grahamhgreen]

2. Can we send $$$?