Peru's Turbulent Elections Lay Bare Systemic Crisis: Taking office after a fraught election cycle, President Pedro Castillo must now navigate the fallout of rival Keiko Fujimori's polarizing efforts to grab power.

In the run-up to the June 6 second-round vote, early polls had Castillo leading Keiko by 20 points. We had known for weeks that Pedro Castillo, a socially conservative leftist, narrowly defeated hard-right candidate Keiko Fujimori by around 44,000 votes. PHOTO (COLOR): Pedro Castillo speaks to supporters during a rally in Lima, Peru, April 27, 2021. [Extracted from the article]

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