Peruvian presidential candidate Roberto Sánchez traveled to the country’s rural southern highlands on Sunday, where he has strong support, and demanded that electoral authorities conduct a full recount of the runoff votes against right‑wing opponent Keiko Fujimori, according to Sánchez’s social media posts. During his trip to communities such as Quispicanchi, Canchis, and Surimana – […]

Supporters of the Peruvian political party Together for Peru (Juntos por el Perú) marched through downtown Lima on Saturday, demanding transparency in the vote count and respect for the popular will expressed in the recent presidential runoff, as allegations of irregularities continued to mount. Demonstrators from various regions gathered outside the National Electoral Jury, which […]

The Peru’s far-right alliance Popular Force discarded reviewing voting tallies this June 12, despite allegations of systemic irregularities presented by the progressive coalition Together for Peru. The far-right coalition led by Keiko Fujimori ruled out reviewing the electoral tallies, ignoring the formal complaints regarding potential electoral fraud submitted by the political organization led by Roberto […]

The Colombia’s left-wing candidate Roberto Sanchez challenged Keiko Fujimori to jointly request a total vote recount to guarantee transparency, as the election margin narrowed to fewer than 1,600 ballots. The request, presented by the leader of the progressive coalition Together for Peru (Juntos por el Perú, in Spanish) comes as official election scrutiny reached 98% […]

The candidate for Together for Peru (Juntos por el Peru, in Spanish) leads right-wing Keiko Fujimori by nearly 10,000 votes, with the final official proclamation of results scheduled for July 15. Candidate Roberto Sánchez holds a narrow lead over right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori today with 97.9% of the electoral acts counted by the Peru’s National […]

The Peru’s progressive presidential candidate Roberto Sánchez holds a narrow advantage of over 27,000 votes as rural ballots continue to arrive at the counting centers. The Peruvian National Office of Electoral Process (ONPE, in Spanish) continued updating the preliminary official results of the presidential runoff hold on June 7. According to the official data portal, […]

Roberto Sánchez pledged to restore relations with Mexico and Colombia and deepen regional integration as Peru entered electoral silence ahead of Sunday’s decisive runoff.

Sanchez gains support from former rivals while warning of democratic risks under Fujimori. On Thursday, Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sanchez wrapped up their political campaigns and are preparing to compete for Peru’s presidency in Sunday’s runoff election. RELATED: Peruvian Social Organizations Reject Blank Vote Campaign Ahead of Runoff Fujimori, the candidate of the far-right Popular […]

Current democracy does not represent Peruvians, he stated. On Monday, leftist presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez, of the Together for Peru coalition, presented a new government plan, developed in consensus with other political forces, ahead of the presidential runoff against far-right candidate Keiko Fujimori. RELATED: Peru’s Presidential Candidates Face Off in Sole Debate Before Runoff He […]

Peruvian Presidential candidates Keiko Fujimori of the far‑right Fuerza Popular party and Roberto Sánchez of the leftist tendency confronted their political and economic proposals on Sunday during the only official debate before Peru’s second‑round election scheduled for next Sunday, June 7. Fujimori defended the 1993 Constitution’s privatization of national resources and Sánchez questioned the current […]