Peru’s new government faces one of the most daunting transitions in decades, having to carefully manage internal political pressures that could unbalance the country’s rebounding economy and its pandemic response.
President Pedro Castillo, a political neophyte from the left-wing Peru Libre party, defeated conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori by a razor-thin margin of 44,200 votes. Ms Fujimori, making her third bid for the top office, refused to concede and her supporters have vowed that they will continue to fight.
