Crime-weary Peru votes for ninth president in decade

The Future of Crime-weary Peru votes for ninth president in decade

Peru votes on Sunday to elect its ninth president in a decade, with crime w
weary voters seemingly poised to extend the tide of conservative government
governments sweeping Latin America.
From the Amazon to the Andes, about 27 million Peruvians are obliged to vot
vote in a race that features a media baron, an autocrat's daughter, and a h
hardline ex-mayor who likens himself to a cartoon pig.

Voters will mark ballots that are almost half a meter long and feature a he
head-scratching 35 presidential candidates.
Hours before polls open, many voters are still undecided and unconvinced.

Pre-election surveys show no candidate polling above 15 percent, far short 
of the 50 percent needed to win outright. Barring an upset, a June runoff s
seems all but certain.

Conservative candidates dominate – according to pollsters at Ipsos, there i
is just one leftist in the top five, former trade and tourism minister Robe
Roberto Sanchez.
Right-wing candidates have tried to outdo each other with extreme promises 
to kill hitmen and lock up delinquents in snake-ringed jungle jails.
In the last decade, Peru's homicide rate has more than doubled.

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