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Monday, April 18, 2011

Peru Presidential runoff for 2011

On April 10th, Peru had the Presidential elections between 10 candidates. Since neither one received the needed 50% of support there is a face-off between the top two candidates on June 5th. The two candidates are Ollanta Humala and Keiko Fujimori.

Humala, closely associated with Hugo Chavez, plans to amend the Constitution and allow the state a much bigger role in the economy, terrifying the business community as well as many Peruvians who believe the country has changed for the better in the past 20 years. He is not in favor of missionaries being in the country of Peru.

On the other hand, Keiko Fujimori will obviously continue the free market economy her father, imprisoned ex-President Alberto Fujimori, applied in his 1990-2000 government. But many fear that she could usher in a new era of the corruption and strong-arm tactics used by her father. Her congressional slate is rife with her father’s former adherents who rubber-stamped his anti-democratic measures.

Please continue to Pray for freedom to evangelize in Peru and God's Will to be done.

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