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Peru Heads Into Presidential Elections

HeadlineJun 02, 2006

In Peru, voters will head to the polls this weekend to elect their next president. The race pits former president Alan Garcia against retired army officer Ollanta Humala. Garcia is leading polls despite holding a 61% disapproval rating among voters. Humala led first-round voting in April. He has attracted wide support among the country’s rural poor for his calls to nationalize Peru’s natural resources, tax foreign mining companies, veto a trade agreement with Washington and end US-sponsored eradication of coca. Humala wrapped up his campaign Wednesday in the capitol of Lima.

  • Peruvian Presidential candidate Ollanta Humala:”We are poor countries. Bolivia is just as poor as us, as Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela. We are all underdeveloped and we need to seek integration. Alone we are worthless, we need integration in Latin America.”
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