Peru: three ex-presidents behind bars and fear of the left
Three former Peruvian presidents are in prison and public distrust is total. Why does the left scare voters more than corruption does?
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Peru: three ex-presidents behind bars and antiestéticar of the left
Peru now has three former presidents in prison and a long list of jailed mayors. Corruption is not the exception but the rule in Peruvian politics. According to some accounts, the feeling is that the country is caught between a right that sells off resources to foreign companies and a left that generates even more antiestéticar.
The Fujimori clan under suspicion
Alberto Fujimori, father of former candidate Keiko Fujimori, is blamed for having handed over a large part of the country to a Chinese-owned company. Accusations against the family are constant, and Keiko does not escape the shadow of corruption.
Evidence against the conservative candidate
A video showing a member of a conservative candidate's team (nicknamed "el japo") paying a television owner for favorable coverage is the only concrete piece of evidence presented against him. Yet doubts about his business ties persist.
The voter's dilemma
Peruvian voters are torn between distrust of the traditional parties and antiestéticar of a turn to the left. The paradox is that, despite evidence of corruption on the right, the pogre candidate provokes more rejection. The analysis stalls on that contradiction: which is worse, the known evil or the risk of the unknown?
Peru now has three former presidents in prison and a long list of jailed mayors. Corruption is not the exception but the rule in Peruvian politics. According to some accounts, the feeling is that the country is caught between a right that sells off resources to foreign companies and a left that generates even more antiestéticar.
The Fujimori clan under suspicion
Alberto Fujimori, father of former candidate Keiko Fujimori, is blamed for having handed over a large part of the country to a Chinese-owned company. Accusations against the family are constant, and Keiko does not escape the shadow of corruption.
Evidence against the conservative candidate
A video showing a member of a conservative candidate's team (nicknamed "el japo") paying a television owner for favorable coverage is the only concrete piece of evidence presented against him. Yet doubts about his business ties persist.
The voter's dilemma
Peruvian voters are torn between distrust of the traditional parties and antiestéticar of a turn to the left. The paradox is that, despite evidence of corruption on the right, the pogre candidate provokes more rejection. The analysis stalls on that contradiction: which is worse, the known evil or the risk of the unknown?
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