Last modified on Sat 10 Apr 2021 06.01 EDT
An ultra-conservative millionaire who admits to scourging himself daily to repress sexual desire is just one of an assortment of low-polling candidates who all have a shot at becoming Peruâs next president.
Rafael López Aliaga is technically tied with five other contenders in an unpredictable
contest to make a runoff vote in June, including a former goalkeeper, a Sorbonne-educated socialist and the daughter of the countryâs jailed former leader Alberto Fujimori.
Sundayâs vote will take place during a second wave of Covid-19 which this week set a new record for daily deaths as the highly contagious Brazilian variant takes hold. Neighbouring Chile postponed a constituent assembly vote due for the same day after a surge in cases.