Peru confronts a fork in the road as it chooses a new president

Left-wing frontrunner Pedro Castillo is promising greater state control over markets and natural resources as part of a plan to bring the benefits of economic growth to Peru's poorest, while attempting to head off warnings that his policies will turn Peru into an economic basket case like Venezuela.

Meanwhile, Castillo has promised to cancel major mining projects in Conga and Tingo Maria, reform the pension system, decentralize public universities and create a ministry of science and technology to boost industrialization. She received 13.36% of votes in the first round, compared to 19.09% for Castillo, but polls leading up to the second round of voting shows the gap is narrowing. A May 28 poll from Ipsos for El Comercio newspaper showed a narrowing edge for Castillo, with a technical draw within the margin of error: 51.1% for the left-wing candidate against 48.9% for Fujimori.

"No more poor people in a rich country," has been one of Castillo's rallying cries on the campaign trail, where he has also protested about unfair treatment in the Lima-centric national media. His tour of the country has attracted huge crowds to mass gatherings and he has met with the European Union's ambassador to Peru Diego Mellado to discuss democracy, private investment and scientific cooperation, according to the candidate's Twitter account.

The legislature will be dominated by right-wing groups, which will make it easier for Fujimori to form a coalition than Castillo, according to Tuesta."It would be a weak minority government," he said of a possible Castillo presidency.

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