Photo: A campaign billboard in Lima. Presidential candidates will support congressional candidates under their party. This poster is for Alejandro Toledo and a congressional candidate Carlos Bruce.
The Presidential elections this year involve a number of very interesting candidates, including Dr. Alejandro Toledo - former President of Peru in the early part of this century. Dr. Toledo has stiff competition from a Nationalist candidate who was a big surprise in the 2006 elections (Ollanta Humala) and an autocrat who was the former Mayor of Lima (Dr. Luis Casteneda).
Another candidate with the potential for a late surge in the polls is the studious economist, physician, infectious disease expert and scientist - Dr. Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. Dr. Kuczynski is not an unknown commodity in Peruvian political seen, having served under President Toledo as the Minister of Economy. He is a really sharp mind.
The dark horse of the race is none other than Keiko Fujimori. Yes, you got it - the daughter of both disgraced and beloved former president (and now convicted felon) Alberto Fujimori.
The election date is April 10th. If no one candidate receives at least 50% of the vote - then they go to an election run-off between the top two vote geters. This will undoubtedly prove to be a very interesting contest and may have a great deal of significance to the work of HBI.
Never to be outdone, 2-term President Dr. Alan Garcia is already beginning his re-election charge for the next electoral cycle (Peru's constitution puts no limits on the number of terms a President can serve, only that the he/she can not serve consecutive terms).
Stay tuned to the HBI Blogspot, I will definitely be writing about the race.
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