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Weekly Report - 02 June 2016 (WR-16-21)
PERU: Mendoza enters fray behind flagging Kuczynski
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski received the unqualified support of Verónika Mendoza in the days approaching the second round of presidential elections on 5 June. Mendoza, the left-wing candidate he narrowly pipped to second place in April’s first round, said she would be casting her vote for Kuczynski despite marked policy differences, especially over the economy, because it was essential to avert the threat to Peru’s democracy that the election of his rival, Keiko Fujimori, would pose. Kuczynski thanked Mendoza, who participated in a massive ‘No a Keiko’ march in Lima on 31 May, for her support. Kuczynski’s much improved but still slightly underwhelming performance in the final presidential debate two days earlier suggests he will be unable to get there on his own steam.
- Contrasting elections on Hispaniola
- VENEZUELA: All eyes on the referendum
- COLOMBIA: Government wrestles with widespread protests
- PERU: Mendoza enters fray behind flagging Kuczynski
- BOLIVIA: Morales moots another referendum
- BRAZIL: Another minister gone, more revelations feared
- BRAZIL: Recession continues, but could the worst be over?
- ARGENTINA: Macri tries to outflank opposition with amnesty
- MEXICO: Mass grave threatens to damage authorities
- TRACKING TRENDS
- PANAMA: Varela faces familiar unrest
- El Salvador’s congress agrees on security funding
- Quotes of the week