Peruvian Election 2021

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Mon, 2021-06-07 00:16

Aristotleded24

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Peru's presidential election was on a knife edge on Sunday night with early unofficial counts showing the socialist and conservative candidates separated by a razor-thin margin in the polarized vote.

A quick count of votes with a 1% error margin put leftist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo, an elementary school teacher and novice politician, ahead by 0.4 of a percentage point.

A previous exit poll, with a higher 3% error margin put Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of jailed ex-President Alberto Fujimori, up by 0.6 of a percentage point.

The new quick-count results triggered immediate celebrations of "we won!" in Tacabamba, the Andean town closest to the impoverished village where Castillo was born and raised, which is also where he is waiting for the results.

The tight race could lead to days of uncertainty as official counts trickle in, and may trigger social unrest if disillusioned supporters of either candidate question the results.

I couldn't find a thread about elections in Peru (granted I didn't look that hard) so I decided to start a new one. If anyone finds a different thread that would be more appropriate to discuss this matter, please feel free to close this one and redirect the discussion.

Mon, 2021-06-07 14:58

josh

I don't think there is one. Looks like Castillo may have indeed won.

Mon, 2021-06-07 15:32

Aristotleded24

Nice to see a leftist somewhere in the world prepared to fight on behalf of people the left claims to care about. The left in Canada, the US, UK, Europe, New Zealand and Australia could all learn from that approach.

Mon, 2021-06-07 19:24

NDPP

"Peru's socialist candidate Pedro Castillo is now winning, with 95% counted and his lead keeps growing. It looks like he will become the next president."

https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1401980560004857864

Mon, 2021-06-07 20:30

(Reply to #4) #5

kropotkin1951

Aristotleded24 wrote:

Nice to see a leftist somewhere in the world prepared to fight on behalf of people the left claims to care about. The left in Canada, the US, UK, Europe, New Zealand and Australia could all learn from that approach.

There is no "left" in any of those countries. Hell I've been singing; No More Reds In the Union for at least thirty years now. Left wing leaders in the other America's rely on grassroots movements and trade unions used to battling right wing goons in the streets. The real left was defeated in the 5Eyes countries after WWII.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uav9rHk_Lk0

Mon, 2021-06-07 20:35

josh

Castillo up by 100,000. Or about 0.5%

https://www.resultadossep.eleccionesgenerales2021.pe/SEP2021/EleccionesPresidenciales/RePres/T

Mon, 2021-06-07 20:50

kropotkin1951

That was an interesting poll. With a 0.5% lead there are 0.65% blank ballots and 5.66% invalid ballots. That is one close race and probably subject to recounts.

Mon, 2021-06-07 20:51

NDPP

What is mistakenly referred to as 'the left' in Canada especially in the case of parliamentary political parties such as Liberals, NDP, Greens etc, are most often right-wing liberals - usually pro-American Democrat and almost always pro-imperialist, anti-China/Russia too - the whole ugly 9 yards. I cringe every time I hear such people referred to as 'left'. It's similar with 'feminism' - even a neoliberal, American lacky like the current Canadian prime minister can declare himself to be an adherent, with his 'feminist foreign policy' coexistent with his belligerent and aggressive pro-NATO stance, fervent support of Apartheid Israel, etc.

Sat, 2021-06-12 17:47

NorthReport

Left-Wing Trade Unionist Pedro Castillo Will Be President of Peru

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/06/pedro-castillo-president-peru-libre

Sat, 2021-06-12 22:43

#10

laine lowe laine lowe's picture

Hope it holds.

Tue, 2021-06-15 21:42

#11

josh

100% of the votes counted. Castillo wins by 44,000.

https://www.resultadossep.eleccionesgenerales2021.pe/SEP2021/EleccionesPresidenciales/RePres/T

Mon, 2021-06-21 06:25

#12

josh

Two weeks after the election, which national and international observers said was transparent, the stance of Keiko Fujimori – the daughter of jailed 1990s autocrat Alberto Fujimori – has emboldened the far right, who have vowed not to accept the election results.

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“The tension has reached a breaking point,” said José Ragas, a Peruvian historian at Chile’s Catholic University. “The Lima elite is not just trying to keep power – it’s not just that they don’t want to recognise the victory of Pedro Castillo – but they are trying to cancel the rural vote.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/20/peru-elite-election-pedro-castillo-keiko-fujimori

Mon, 2021-06-21 18:46

#13

NDPP

Peru: Powerful sectors are opposed to a Castillo administration (and vid)

https://twitter.com/telesurenglish/status/1407078158353022976

"Pedro Castillo won the election alright, but he is still not officially the president-elect of Peru. What's going on? We spoke with Matt Kirkegaard, Elections Observer for Progressive International, in Lima, Peru."

Mon, 2021-06-21 20:30

#14

laine lowe laine lowe's picture

F*ck this sh*t. Where is the international condemnation when we really need it?

Mon, 2021-06-21 20:37

(Reply to #14) #15

kropotkin1951

laine lowe wrote:

F*ck this sh*t. Where is the international condemnation when we really need it?

Not being amplified by the US spin machine, so it dies a quick death.

Mon, 2021-06-21 21:27

(Reply to #15) #16

Aristotleded24

kropotkin1951 wrote:
laine lowe wrote:

F*ck this sh*t. Where is the international condemnation when we really need it?

Not being amplified by the US spin machine, so it dies a quick death.

Here is one YouTuber who is trying to do something about that.

Tue, 2021-06-22 19:44

(Reply to #16) #17

Aristotleded24

kropotkin1951 wrote:

Aristotleded24 wrote:

Nice to see a leftist somewhere in the world prepared to fight on behalf of people the left claims to care about. The left in Canada, the US, UK, Europe, New Zealand and Australia could all learn from that approach.

There is no "left" in any of those countries. Hell I've been singing; No More Reds In the Union for at least thirty years now. Left wing leaders in the other America's rely on grassroots movements and trade unions used to battling right wing goons in the streets. The real left was defeated in the 5Eyes countries after WWII.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uav9rHk_Lk0[/quote]

Interestingly enough, Castillo's support came from rural areas, whereas the rural areas in at least 4 of the 5Eyes countries (not sure about New Zealand) tend to vote against the left.

Tue, 2021-06-22 19:51

#18

laine lowe laine lowe's picture

Agribusiness/factory farming in the global north has made the small, family held farm a rarity - the Canadian farmers that supported Tommy Douglas are long gone. I believe the rural folk in many parts of the southern hemisphere don't even own their land and operate like feudal tenant farmers.

Sat, 2021-06-26 20:35

#19

Aristotleded24

Footage from a recently-organized No Coup In Peru protest

Mon, 2021-07-05 13:04

#20

josh

With a new president scheduled to be sworn in on July 28, many members of Peru’s elite are backing Ms. Fujimori’s efforts to nullify the votes. Hundreds of retired military officers have sent a letter to top military chiefs urging them to not recognize “an illegitimate president.” A former Supreme Court justice filed a lawsuit requesting that the entire election be annulled.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/04/world/americas/peru-president-election-right-wing.html

Mon, 2021-07-05 13:57

#21

JKR

Trump's disregarding election results seems to have led the right to using that tactic much more easily now. I think we're going to see this tactic used a lot more now whenever the right loses a close election.

Mon, 2021-07-05 15:09

(Reply to #21) #22

kropotkin1951

JKR wrote:

Trump's disregarding election results seems to have led the right to using that tactic much more easily now. I think we're going to see this tactic used a lot more now whenever the right loses a close election.

While I agree that the right seems to using this tactic often I think you have the order wrong. Trump just used the NED US AID playbook in the domestic field. That is what sets him apart not the fact that he invented the tactic.

Mon, 2021-07-05 23:53

#23

JKR

I agree with that. Ignoring election results within the U.S. has sent a green light for doing that world wide. Maybe one day the Conservatives or Peoples Party will do that here in Canada?

Mon, 2021-07-19 19:41

#24

josh

Electoral authorities have confirmed the victory of Pedro Castillo over his rival Keiko Fujimori in the June presidential elections by just over 44,000 votes.

https://twitter.com/telesurenglish/status/1417266753504165890?s=20

Mon, 2021-07-19 20:40

#25

laine lowe laine lowe's picture

Good.

Sun, 2021-08-01 11:33

#26

NDPP

A Labour MP writes...

https://twitter.com/georgegalloway/status/1421852447903993860

Beware the fake left.

Thu, 2021-08-12 16:39

#27

NDPP

The Lima Group is Falling Apart

https://twitter.com/WBWCanada/status/1425877977087320068

"In what could be a death knell to the coalition including Brazil, Canada, Chile and Colombia, Peru's new Foreign Minister, Hector Bejar called the Lima Group 'the most disastrous thing we have done in international politics in the history of Peru."

'Perhaps it's time for Justin Trudeau's government to end its farcical efforts to install the charlatan Juan Guaido as Venezuela's interim President.'

https://twitter.com/dimitrilascaris/status/1425617179064602625

Perhaps it's time for Canadians to stop supporting reactionary, pro-imperialist politicians.

Thu, 2021-08-12 16:51

(Reply to #27) #28

Ken Burch

NDPP wrote:

The Lima Group is Falling Apart

https://twitter.com/WBWCanada/status/1425877977087320068

"In what could be a death knell to the coalition including Brazil, Canada, Chile and Colombia, Peru's new Foreign Minister, Hector Bejar called the Lima Group 'the most disastrous thing we have done in international politics in the history of Peru."

ps

'Perhaps it's time for Justin Trudeau's government to end its farcical efforts to install the charlatan Juan Guaido as Venezuela's interim President.'

https://twitter.com/dimitrilascaris/status/1425617179064602625

Perhaps it's time for Canadians to stop supporting reactionary, pro-imperialist politicians.

And for Yanquis to stop doing so as well.