It's not easy to find them, but here's article from WSJ that accurately describes the players and what's at stake here in Perú. These are excerpts. Follow the links for the full story.
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National-socialist presidential candidate Ollanta Humala could bring the
nation's growing, market-led prosperity to a screeching halt.
http://snipurl.com/27xbyu [online_wsj_com]
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Last week he tried to distance himself from this past by publicly swearing on a Bible to refrain from dismantling the country's democratic institutions if elected. His critics howled that it was pure theater and no more believable than the recent rewrite of his policy agenda. The old one, dated December 2010, was a 198-page anti-market, national-socialist rant. The new one is eight pages of promises to "combat corruption," "reestablish public ethics," and lay down the rule of law. It is as if Mr. Humala was knocked off his horse on the road from Puno.
Either that or he has agreed to an image makeover so he can get elected. The latter seems more likely.
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Ms. Fujimori has a heavy responsibility to defend the measures that have improved Peru's living standards and to explain how she would deepen reforms. A lot is riding on how well she does in the debate. If the only motivated voters come election day are those with scores to settle against her father, the
country is in deep trouble.
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http://snipurl.com/27xbyu [online_wsj_com]
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