The Americas 🇵🇪 Republic of Peru Thread

[49ersfootball]

Good Morning everyone. Here's the link on the 2021 Peruvian Presidential runoff election:

2021 Peruvian general election - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[49ersfootball]

Profiles on the candidates:

Keiko Fujimori:

Keiko Fujimori - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Pedro Castillo:

Pedro Castillo - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[49ersfootball]

PredictIt has the markets on the results:

PredictIt

www.predictit.org

 

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Our Campaigns has the latest developments:

https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=940697

 

[gral]

Looks like that Fujimori is on the lead, but very slightly(exit polls gave her the victory, 50.3% to 49.7%). I'd say it doesn't look that good for Peru whomever wins, but Fujimori is the lesser evil, IMO.

 

[Cherico]

I don't know nearly enough about Peru to comment I just wish the country and its people prosperity or at least sanity.

 

[Morphic Tide]

Spoiler: Obligatory Compassposting

 

[Arch Dornan]

Spoiler: Obligatory Compassposting

This should be the next drama to watch.

 

[49ersfootball]

I don't know nearly enough about Peru to comment I just wish the country and its people prosperity or at least sanity.

Latest numbers have Fujimori behind & she's calling voter fraud.

 

[bintananth]

Latest numbers have Fujimori behind & she's calling voter fraud.

Is she about to pull a Trump and encourage her supporters to do something mind-boggling dumb if she doesn't win?

NOTE: A close election is a pretty good indication that the election was free and fair. Whatever fraud there is probably isn't enough in favor of one side or the other for it to matter as opposed to elections in a tinpot dictatorship where the number of votes the opposition gets is an arbitrary made up number large enough to keep those unhappy with the powers-that-be from rioting in the streets.

 

[Buba]

Re the compassposting - not that I know anything about Peru, but the English Wiki has the Castillo dude as member of a left wing militia protecting peasants from the Sendero Luminoso ... and I do know that the Sendero Luminoso is Khmer Rouge/Trostky territory ...

 

[bintananth]

Re the compassposting - not that I know anything about Peru, but the English Wiki has the Castillo dude as member of a left wing militia protecting peasants from the Sendero Luminoso ... and I do know that the Sendero Luminoso is Khmer Rouge/Trostky territory ...

South American politics gets weird and it's "the lesser of two evils", just like it is in the US, with the major difference being that South American politicians often don't have to hide the ugly aspects of their pasts. Sometimes being able to say "Yup, I did that" when asked about something less than upstanding is an asset.

 

[49ersfootball]

The Guardian has an article about Fujimori's voting fraud claims:

Peru elections: Fujimori’s fraud claims criticised as rival’s narrow lead widens

Pedro Castillo holds 0.4% lead with more than 97% of votes counted in ballot that international observers say passed off correctly

www.theguardian.com

 

[49ersfootball]

Reuters reporting Fujimori won't concede yet as Castillo's lead widens even further:

Peru’s Castillo builds election lead but Fujimori says won’t concede yet

Peruvian socialist Pedro Castillo widened his lead against right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori in the country's presidential vote on Monday, but she said she will not concede yet and alleged "irregularities," although without showing much proof.

www.reuters.com

 

[49ersfootball]

Last checked, Keiko is trailing by 71,000 votes.

 

[49ersfootball]

Looks like that Fujimori is on the lead, but very slightly(exit polls gave her the victory, 50.3% to 49.7%). I'd say it doesn't look that good for Peru whomever wins, but Fujimori is the lesser evil, IMO.

I see Fujimori won a majority of the Overseas vote with 66%. Surprised the Philippines voted for Castillo

 

[gral]

Have the final results come? Who won?

 

[49ersfootball]

Have the final results come? Who won?

Check the link from Our Campaigns in my previous post because when I last checked, Fujimori is behind by 71,765 votes.

 

[gral]

Check the link from Our Campaigns in my previous post because when I last checked, Fujimori is behind by 71,765 votes.

No change from that.

 

[49ersfootball]

No change from that.

Let's not forget about the legal woes coming Fujimori's way as the hotly-contested runoff election nears its end:

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?