Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s support of leftist nationalist Ollanta Humala seems to have damaged his support.
Humala, the first round winner, is now trailing behind former President Alan Garcia. Most of this support for Garcia is from the third place and pro-business candidate Lourdes Flores. Her supporters favour Garcia as the lesser of two evils.
Ollanta Humala, the ex-army officer who once attempted a military coup, will face former President and proven idiot Alan Garcia in Peru’s presidential run-off on 4 June, election.
Alan Garcia, former and potential next President and opponent of the favoured candidate of Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez is “a thief”.
Ex-army officer Ollanta Humala seems certain to face former President Alan Garcia in Peru’s presidential run-off, partial first-round results suggest. With just one percent of the vote left to count, Mr Humala leads with 30.7%, followed by Mr Garcia on 24.3%.
From the BBC: A state of emergency has been declared in the area around a volcano that has begun spitting ash and smoke after almost 40 years of inactivity.
The Ubinas volcano in southern Peru started erupting three weeks ago, killing livestock and polluting water.
