S8 Ep742: 9. Peru's Shift to the Right. Alejandro Peña Esclusa reports on Peru's election, where right-wing candidates Kiko Fujimori and Rafael Lopez Aliaga are leading. This trend suggests a continental shift away from the pink tide and toward pro-Western governme
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 14 April 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I'm John Batchler. This is the New World Report. I welcome my good colleague Alejandro Pena |
| 0:21.7 | Exclusa, a member of the opposition, a geopolitical speaker, looking at Peru. We march to the |
| 0:28.4 | sound of voting. And Peru, a troubled nation, I believe nine presidents in 10 years, |
| 0:34.3 | two of them now in jail. Now we are looking to a new election and perhaps a new day, |
| 0:40.0 | but not so fast, a name that we've seen before, Kiku Fujimura, was defeated by Mr. Castillo |
| 0:47.3 | in the last election in Peru. Mr. Castillo is now in jail for corruption, Kiko Fujimora, whose father was jailed for many years as the leader of Peru for corruption. |
| 0:58.9 | He's gone now. |
| 1:00.3 | But she is running again successfully or not for the position of leadership in a country that is |
| 1:07.2 | driven by gangs, indigenous disruptions, and a lot of Chinese money. |
| 1:14.5 | Alejandro, a very good day to you. Peru, we've indicated over the last weeks, is a tell for |
| 1:19.9 | whether democracy is now sweeping the Americas and whether the pink tide has been reversed. |
| 1:27.0 | So far, the final vote is not in in this first round, |
| 1:31.2 | but it does look like Kiko Fujimora will be in the second round. |
| 1:35.5 | Who will she be facing? |
| 1:36.7 | Good evening to you. |
| 1:38.5 | Good evening, John. |
| 1:39.9 | Happy to be with you. |
| 1:41.3 | She would be facing the major of Lima, Rafael Lopez Aliga. |
| 1:48.2 | Last week, we talked about this and we mentioned those two names that will probably be running |
| 1:53.7 | for the second round, June 7th. The interesting things are the following. No candidate obtained more than 20% of the vote, |
| 2:06.0 | because there were about 30 candidates. So those two, Keiko Fuhimori and Rafael Lopez Aliyaga, |
| 2:16.0 | obtained, let's say, 17 and 15% of the vote. |
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