🍰 No right-wing cakewalk

Peruvians head to the polls in nine days to elect their new president — a position that has become somewhat of an ejector seat, with the country’s trigger-happy Congress quick to jettison leaders who lose its support. Peru has had a total of nine presidents in the past decade; the last caretaker, José Jeri, lasted just four months before lawmakers deemed him morally unfit for office.

Some expect the April 12 vote to confirm a trend that The Brazilian Report has long tracked: a rightward shift in Latin American public opinion. Peru fits the pattern, amid a crime wave that has dominated the campaign, terrain that typically favors conservatives. Indeed, two well-known right-wingers are ahead in the polls:

Don’t miss out! Upgrade to unlock full access. The process takes only seconds with Apple Pay or Stripe. Become a member.

We’re here for readers who want to truly understand Brazil and Latin America — a region too often ignored or misrepresented by the international media.

Since 2017, our reporting has been powered by paid subscribers. They’re the reason we can keep a full-time team of journalists across Brazil and Argentina, delivering sharp, independent coverage every day.

If you value our work, subscribing is the best way to keep it going — and growing.