- Jul 28
Keiko Fujimori takes office as Peru's first popularly elected female president, vows military-led crackdown on crime
The right-wing leader, daughter of ex-president Alberto Fujimori, won June's runoff by fewer than 50,000 votes and immediately ordered the military to take charge of internal security in emergency zones.
- Jun 6
Peru votes in knife-edge runoff between Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez for ninth president in a decade
Peruvians head to the polls on Sunday in a polarised presidential runoff pitting conservative Keiko Fujimori against leftist Roberto Sánchez, with the winner set to become the country's ninth head of state in ten years.
