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Weekly Report - 24 March 2011 (WR-11-12)

PERU: Kuczynski climbs into contention

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has turned the presidential contest on 10 April into a five-horse race. Momentum at this stage of the race is crucial. While support for Kuczynski is surging, that for his main rivals, former president Alejandro Toledo (2001-2006) and the former mayor of Lima, Luis Castañeda, is ebbing away. Kuczynski has been rewarded for being the smoothest performer in presidential debates. The only other candidate with momentum is Ollanta Humala, the nationalist candidate, who, if his upwards trajectory continues, stands a strong chance of overhauling Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of imprisoned former president Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), and sealing one of the two berths in the inevitable second round in June.

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