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By Carla Samon Ros
Lima, Apr 12 (EFE).- Either an extreme leftist or an authoritarian rightist, a Marxist teacher or a political heir accused of money laundering.
These are the two choices facing millions of Peruvian voters on Monday morning after the preliminary results of the first presidential election round were made public.
According to the latest report from the ONPE national election office, with about 83 percent of the ballots counted, union leader Pedro Castillo, with the ultra-leftist Peru Libre party, has obtained 18.3 percent of the votes, followed by former lawmaker Keiko Fujimori, with the rightist Fuerza Popular and having pocketed 13.2 percent.