I'm John Batchel. This is the New World Report with Professor Evan Ellis of the U.S. Army

War College Strategic Studies Institute. We Ellis of the U.S. Army War College

Strategic Studies Institute. We marched to the sound of elections. Peru. Professor, a very good

evening to you. Peru looks like back to the future. A candidate named Fujimora is a leading

contender for the Peruvian presidency. I've learned not to get too involved in who's the president this

week in Peru because I think they've had 3,500 changes of chief executive for the last 100 years.

However, Fujimura, Ms. Fujimura has history here. Her father was president and was much

abused by the court system and I believe spent many years in detention.

In the last election, it was very close between Fujimor and the eventual winner.

That would be Mr. Castillo, who is now perhaps in the same jail cellar father was in,

after his time in the presidency.

There's another president,

well, acting president, Bolarte, who was the vice president for Castillo. I believe she is now

in detention for corruption. So this election is colorful, to say the least. What are we watching

for in Peru? And what are the risks here? Good evening to you.

Good evening to you, John. This is a very critical election at a time in which Peru,

a strategically important country, is in the middle of a lot of political instability.

So to unpack that a little bit, the elections themselves, it's a two-round election.

The first round is on April 12th this Sunday. If none of the

candidates get to 50 percent, you'll have a second runoff, and this is likely to be the critical

one on June 7th with whoever is elected to the presidency coming in July 28th. And I'll get to the

congressional part in just a minute. But for

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