Peruvian far-left candidate Pedro Castillo, a union leader and teacher, is set to win the Andean country’s first-round presidential election and faces a run-off in June.
The 51-year-old union leader and primary school teacher, a shock winner after a late surge in the polls, had 16.2% of the vote with half the ballots tallied on the official countThat level of support falls well short of the majority needed to win outright, however, meaning Castillo will face the second place candidate in a head-to-head vote.
Peru is battling a new wave of COVID-19 infections with hospitals packed, sharpening a sense of crisis in the country, which impeached one president last year and saw another resign shortly after amid deadly street protests. Hernando de Soto is a strong supporter of free markets and would continue spending to bolster the economy, while Lopez Aliaga is a hotel and railway magnate and a member of Opus Dei often compared to Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro.
Hey wont win. Only rural areas voted for him. 16% is nothing. Now its a different game convincing 50% of the population to vote for him.
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