With no official result yet, the socialist candidate Peru's Presidential Race, Pedro Castillo has claimed victory after hanging on a slim lead against his right-wing rival Kiko Fujimori as the protracted vote count ended.
Peruvian candidates Julio Guzman and Cesar Acuna are barred from the presidential race by Peru’s electoral court. This development gave frontrunner Keiko Fujimori a more certain future in the April 10 elections.
Keiko Fujimori denied accusations that poor and indigenous women underwent forced sterilization during her father’s dictatorial regime from 1990 to 2000. Estimations from human rights defenders indicate that about 300,000 women were sterilized against their will.
