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| Peru: Fujimori and Humala face off in presidential vote | Peru: Fujimori and Humala face off in presidential vote |
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| Voting has started in Peru in a closely fought presidential second-round run-off. | |
| Voters face a choice of Keiko Fujimori, daughter of jailed ex-president Alberto Fujimori, and Ollanta Humala, one-time ally of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. | |
| The two candidates are at opposite ends of the political spectrum - a fact that has worried some Peruvians who say they will not vote for either of them. | The two candidates are at opposite ends of the political spectrum - a fact that has worried some Peruvians who say they will not vote for either of them. |
| Opinion polls indicate that the outcome is too close to call. | Opinion polls indicate that the outcome is too close to call. |
| The two candidates led the field after the first round on 10 April, which saw the defeat of three centrist candidates. No-one gained more than the 50% needed to win the election outright. | The two candidates led the field after the first round on 10 April, which saw the defeat of three centrist candidates. No-one gained more than the 50% needed to win the election outright. |
| Whoever wins Sunday's vote will succeed Alan Garcia, who cannot stand for a second term. | Whoever wins Sunday's vote will succeed Alan Garcia, who cannot stand for a second term. |
| Spoiled ballots | Spoiled ballots |
| Keiko Fujimori, 36, appeals to voters who still admire her father, president for a decade from 1990. He is now serving a 25-year jail sentence for corruption and organising death squads. | Keiko Fujimori, 36, appeals to voters who still admire her father, president for a decade from 1990. He is now serving a 25-year jail sentence for corruption and organising death squads. |
| She has defended his record, saying by taming hyper-inflation and defeating Marxist Shining Path rebels, he laid the basis for Peru's current economic boom. | She has defended his record, saying by taming hyper-inflation and defeating Marxist Shining Path rebels, he laid the basis for Peru's current economic boom. |
| She supports free-market economic policies, advocates a tough approach to crime and has promised to improve social programmes and infrastructure in poor areas. | She supports free-market economic policies, advocates a tough approach to crime and has promised to improve social programmes and infrastructure in poor areas. |
| Critics say her main aim is to secure a pardon for her father, a claim she denies. | Critics say her main aim is to secure a pardon for her father, a claim she denies. |
| If she wins, she would become Peru's first woman president. | If she wins, she would become Peru's first woman president. |
| Ollanta Humala, 48, comes from a left-wing tradition of greater state intervention. He staged a short-lived rebellion against Alberto Fujimori in 2000 and narrowly lost to Alan Garcia in the last presidential election in 2006. | Ollanta Humala, 48, comes from a left-wing tradition of greater state intervention. He staged a short-lived rebellion against Alberto Fujimori in 2000 and narrowly lost to Alan Garcia in the last presidential election in 2006. |
| He has campaigned on a promise to increase the state's role in the economy and redistribute wealth to Peru's poor majority. | He has campaigned on a promise to increase the state's role in the economy and redistribute wealth to Peru's poor majority. |
| His critics fear he will embark on interventionist policies similar to those of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, although Mr Humala says he is more in sympathy with Brazil's moderate left-wing approach. | His critics fear he will embark on interventionist policies similar to those of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, although Mr Humala says he is more in sympathy with Brazil's moderate left-wing approach. |
| He has also denied allegations that he committed human rights abuses during the fight against Shining Path rebels in the 1990s when he was an army captain. | He has also denied allegations that he committed human rights abuses during the fight against Shining Path rebels in the 1990s when he was an army captain. |
| Polls suggest that around 10% of Peru's voters could abstain or spoil their ballots, Reuters news agency reports. | Polls suggest that around 10% of Peru's voters could abstain or spoil their ballots, Reuters news agency reports. |
| Peruvian painter Fernando de Szyszlo is one of those. "It really pains me not to vote, but I'm not voting," he told the Associated Press. | Peruvian painter Fernando de Szyszlo is one of those. "It really pains me not to vote, but I'm not voting," he told the Associated Press. |