Fourth time could be the charm for Keiko Fujimori, Peru’s most polarizing politician

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Democracy Dies in Darkness

The daughter of disgraced former president Alberto Fujimori, running again for the presidency, is herself deeply unpopular. So is her opponent.

June 6, 2026 at 11:14 a.m. EDT30 minutes ago

Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori at a rally in Lima on Thursday. (Rodrigo Abd/AP)

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.


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