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Sunday, June 18, 2006

Peru elects a has-been

Former Peruvian President Alan Garcia, whose 1985-90 term left his country in economic ruin, won a runoff election against left-of-center former army officer Ollanta Humala, preliminary results showed June 6, according to the Peoples Weekly World, June 10.
Garcia originally called himself a democratic socialist. But he left his country in shambles, unable to do almost anything right. It may be seen by a few people, even those in Peru, as a move to the left. But this is not Venezuela or Bolivia.
Garcia is much more conservative and will probably run Peru as incompatibly as he did in the 1980s.

Garcia had many unhappy opponents during his last term.

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