Overview
- The presidential runoff between leftist Roberto Sánchez and conservative Keiko Fujimori is set for Sunday, June 7, and polls show the race separated by only a few points with a large bloc of undecided voters.
- Crime dominates the campaign because extortion complaints rose fivefold and killings doubled in recent years, leaving public safety the top daily concern for many Peruvians.
- Sánchez has shifted toward a more centrist economic pitch by elevating former economy minister Pedro Francke, who has pledged to respect contracts and central bank independence to calm investors.
- Fujimori is campaigning on a hardline security platform that promises tougher prisons, greater military and police deployments, and market-friendly economic stewardship to attract investment.
- The winner will confront a volatile political system — nine presidents in about a decade and a widely disliked, divided Congress that can remove presidents — while decisions on Peru’s vast mining sector could shape foreign investment and U.S.-China strategic interests.