From Peru to Colombia: Will the Right Wing Take Power Again?

Voters head to high-stakes runoff elections Sunday in Peru, where tensions are high as polls show a tight race between right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori, daughter of the country’s former dictator; and working-class Roberto Sánchez on the left, backed by rural farmers and former president Pedro Castillo, ousted by Peru’s oligarchy in a 2022 coup. The winner of Sunday’s vote will become the country’s ninth president in a decade. Meanwhile in Colombia, left candidate Iván Cepeda, a human rights defender backed by the country’s first progressive president Gustavo Petro, came in second in Sunday’s first round of voting and will face off against Abelardo de la Espriella, the far-right candidate openly endorsed this week by Donald Trump, on June 21. BT Live’s Zoe Alexandra digs in. Watch full episodes of BT Live, join breakthroughnews.org as a member today! #breakthroughnews