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Para leer este artículo en español, haz clic aqui. Elections in Peru are a complex and above all enduring puzzle. On April 11, the country held general elections ahead of the July 28, 2021 bicentennial. The results put Peru en route to a second round between Pedro Castillo, a teacher and rondero from Cajamarca, and Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former dictator Alberto Fujimori. I begin with a pertinent self-criticism. Many of us noticed Pedro Castillo for the first time between June and September 2017, during the government of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, when Castillo led and was a main actor in a protest alongside thousands of teachers, particularly from the country’s interior. At that time, no one could have anticipated or at least given the benefit of the doubt to the efforts to put him forward as a candidate in the elections much less with the vote percentages he has now attained. We forgot about him. ....
A Vaccine for Venality: Peru’s Pandemic-Era Path to a Post-Fujimori Polity A Vaccine for Venality: Peru’s Pandemic-Era Path to a Post-Fujimori Polity April 5, 2021 Image depicts protests in the city center of Lima, Peru in November 2020. In mid-February, Peruvian governmental corruption made international headlines once again when reports came out that almost 500 well-connected elites received Chinese Sinopharm vaccines before they were available to health professionals and the public. Though disheartening, “Vacunagate” (Vaccinegate), as the media called it, wasn’t entirely out of the ordinary for Peru’s political class: all but one of Peru’s last eight presidents are currently in prison or under criminal investigation, as are 68 of 130 members of the unicameral legislative chamber. However, this scandal was particularly frustrating for Peruvians because it ensnared former president Martín Vizcarra, who until his ....