Fourth time could be the charm for Keiko Fujimori, Peru’s most polarizing politician The daughter of disgraced former president Alberto Fujimori, running again for the presidency, is herself deeply unpopular. So is her opponent.
Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori at a rally in Lima on Thursday. (Rodrigo Abd/AP) By Simeon Tegel LIMA, Peru — Her father saved Peru from hyperinflation and a blood-spattered Maoist insurgency but ended his presidency in disgrace, accused of vote-rigging, kleptocracy and murder. She herself has been jailed on charges of money laundering. Few politicians carry quite as much baggage as Keiko Fujimori. Yet polls give the right-wing former congresswoman and party boss a strong chance, on her fourth attempt, of winning the presidency of this South American nation in its runoff election Sunday.…Read more …