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Keiko Fujimori alleges fraud in tight Peru election
LIMA, June 8, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Peru’s right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori on Monday raised allegations of “irregularities” and “signs of fraud” in Sunday’s election as her rival, far-left trade unionist Pedro Castillo, took a razor-thin lead in the vote count.
Fujimori had led early counting, but school teacher Castillo gained ground as votes from Peru’s rural areas — his stronghold — came in in a country battered by years of political turmoil.
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