PERU
Sánchez hides Antauro Humala after first-round endorsement
Antauro Humala's outrageous beliefs make his support uncomfortable. Photo: Latinoamérica21
With Roberto Sánchez consolidating second spot in Peru’s sluggish vote count (25,000 ballots ahead of Rafael López Aliaga with just 2% of boxes pending), scrutiny of the left-wing candidate has increased ahead of the June 7 runoff versus the right-wing Keiko Fujimori.
The two contenders have aspects about them that their opposition could use to credibly portray them as extremists to scare away undecided voters, including the oddly similar coups against Congress launched by Fujimori’s father, Alberto, in 1992 and by Sánchez’s ally, Pedro Castillo, in 2022…
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