Por otro lado, para el 57% de la población, tras consultar sus infracciones e investigaciones, consideran que los actuales ministros no serán capaces de liderar los sectores que representan.
(Bloomberg) Peruvian presidential front-runner Pedro Castillo, whose leftist policies have rattled investors, saw his once-wide lead narrow to within the margin of error in a new poll.A survey by Datum Internacional published Friday gave Castillo, with the Free Peru party, 42% of voter intention versus Keiko Fujimori, with the Popular Force party, at 40%.Datum said 11% of respondents plan to cast blank ballots a form of protest and 7% remain undecided ahead of the June 6 runoff.The poll matches other surveys that show Castillo’s once double-digit lead dwindling fast. In April, Datum gave Castillo a 15 percentage-point advantage over Fujimori and last week he was still five percentage points ahead.Peruvian bond and currency markets have been whipsawed in recent weeks by Castillo’s sudden rise and prolonged fall in the polls. The nation’s stocks and bonds rallied on Friday, with its 2051 dollar bond on track for its biggest jump in a week, while the benchmark s
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Peru has registered its highest single-day total of coronavirus-related deaths, as millions of people across the South American country prepare to head to the polls to elect a new president and Congress next weekend.
The country’s health ministry said 294 deaths were recorded on Saturday, up from a previous record of 277 deaths reported in August.
More than 5,600 new COVID-19 cases also were reported in Peru, with the country among several in Latin America struggling to contain a recent surge in infections spurred in part by new, more easily transmissible strains of the virus.
Neighbouring Chile recently postponed a vote to elect an assembly to write a new constitution due to the rise in coronavirus infections, but Peru is moving ahead with plans to hold its elections on April 11.