Peru: Searching for a Development Model

... "21st century socialism" and friendly to Chávez and Fidel Castro.His victory in the presidential race in 2011 over Keiko Fujimori - the daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori (1990–2000), who was serving a 25-year prison sentence for corruption and violations of human rights - formally marked the continued expansion of left-wing ideology in the region. Despite this, under Humala’s presidency, Peru was practically never mentioned as a participant in the Latin American "left turn ". There were no key features in his policy that aligned with left-oriented government — both radical and moderate — in the region: aggressive anti-American rhetoric (to some extent), rapprochement with the Bolivarian ...