MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Friday, June 5th 2026 - 22:56 UTC
Fujimori said the country had become “trapped in its wounds” and stressed the need to “build bridges” toward dialogue. Sánchez aimed his message at his rival: “The chaos is over,” he said
Peru's presidential candidates, conservative Keiko Fujimori and leftist Roberto Sánchez, closed their campaigns in Lima on Thursday before thousands of supporters, three days before a runoff that polls suggest will be very close. Fujimori appealed for the “unity and reconciliation” of Peruvians, while Sánchez promised to end the “chaos” and centered his speech on anti-fujimorismo.
Fujimori, leader of Fuerza Popular, said the country had become “trapped in its wounds” and stressed the need to “build bridges” toward dialogue. She said that, if she wins, her government would be “technocratic” and would complete the full five-year term —an allusion to the instability that has left Peru with eight presidents in a decade. Her platform rests on a hard line against crime —the main public concern— the provision of basic services, the defense of private investment, and central bank independence. At the closing event, held at the Monumental Stadium, she received the endorsement of Álvaro Vargas Llosa, son of the Nobel literature laureate.
