Peru’s election of Pedro Castillo: from fragmentation to polarization—or perhaps centrist reform?
How did Peru’s agonizing choice between Pedro Castillo and Keiko Fujimori come about? And what is Castillo’s extremely narrow apparent victory—by a mere 0.42 percent of total votes cast—likely to mean for Peru?
Why Peru’s soft coup failed
Notoriously weak political parties are fueling Peru’s chronic instability. But they also stopped Manuel Merino and his allies from uniting to hold onto power.