News - PER
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2026-07-28
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│ Keiko Fujimori sworn in as Peru's president │
│ after narrow win │
│ large - Bloomberg - independent/independent │
│ [PER] │
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│ Fujimori was inaugurated July 28 as Peru's │
│ tenth president in ~10 years, with the │
│ restored bicameral Congress seated and │
│ Fuerza Popular winning the Senate │
│ presidency July 26; runner-up Roberto │
│ Sanchez refuses to recognize the │
│ sub-50,000-vote result, has filed a legal │
│ challenge and called protests. An │
│ on-schedule, contested transfer: eased │
│ political stability -5 to -4. │
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│ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202 │
│ 6-07-28/fujimori-gives-peru-its-best-shot-a │
│ t-breaking-cycle-of-presidential-chaos │
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2026-07-09
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│ Keiko Fujimori and vice presidents will │
│ receive JNE credentials on July 15 │
│ medium - La Republica - unknown/independent │
│ [PER] │
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│ The JNE set July 15 to deliver │
│ president-elect credentials ahead of the │
│ July 28 inauguration; defeated candidate │
│ Sanchez called inauguration-day protests on │
│ unproven fraud claims. Peru │
│ political_stability held at -5. │
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│ https://larepublica.pe/politica/2026/07/09/ │
│ keiko-fujimori-y-vicepresidentes-recibiran- │
│ credenciales-del-jne-el-15-de-julio-hnews-3 │
│ 94992 │
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2026-07-03
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│ Peru proclaims Keiko Fujimori president │
│ after a dramatic recount and a razor-thin │
│ vote margin │
│ medium - La Nacion - unknown/independent │
│ [PER] │
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│ JNE proclaimed Keiko Fujimori │
│ president-elect July 3 after a razor │
│ recount (50.135% vs 49.865%). The contested │
│ count resolved (Peru political_stability -7 │
│ -> -5) though Sanchez rejects it as final, │
│ keeping a transition tail. │
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│ https://www.lanacion.com.ar/el-mundo/peru-p │
│ roclama-presidenta-a-keiko-fujimori-tras-un │
│ -dramatico-recuento-y-una-minima-diferencia │
│ -de-nid03072026/ │
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2026-06-08
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│ Leftist Sanchez takes slim lead in Peru's │
│ presidential run-off election │
│ medium - Al Jazeera - tilt/independent │
│ [PER] │
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│ Peru's June 7 presidential runoff produced │
│ a knife-edge result, with Sanchez at 50.10% │
│ to Fujimori's 49.90% as overseas ballots │
│ favoring Fujimori remained outstanding; the │
│ first-round loser made evidence-free fraud │
│ claims and was criminally charged for │
│ inciting disorder, raising the risk of a │
│ 2021-style disputed-result crisis. │
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│ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/8/rac │
│ e-tied-between-left-and-right-wing-rivals-i │
│ n-perus-presidential-vote │
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