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Peru's presidential runoff election too close to call

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A rural teacher-turned-political novice and the daughter of an imprisoned former president traded the lead Monday in a tight race for Peru’s presidency in a runoff election as the coronavirus pandemic continues to batter the Andean country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Peru's presidential runoff election too close to call

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A rural teacher-turned-political novice and the daughter of an imprisoned former president traded the lead Monday in a tight race for Peru’s presidency in a runoff election as the coronavirus pandemic continues to batter the Andean country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Peru's presidential runoff election too close to call

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A rural teacher-turned-political novice and the daughter of an imprisoned former president traded the lead Monday in a tight race for Peru’s presidency in a runoff election as the coronavirus pandemic continues to batter the Andean country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Daughter of imprisoned ex-president leads Peru's election

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The daughter of an imprisoned former president on Monday maintained a razor thin advantage over her opponent in the race for Peru’s presidency in a runoff election held a day earlier as the coronavirus pandemic continues to batter the Andean country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Daughter of imprisoned ex-president leads Peru's election

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The daughter of an imprisoned former president was leading the race for Peru’s presidency late Sunday, hours after polls closed in a runoff election held as the coronavirus pandemic continues to batter the Andean country.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Pandemic pushes Peru's vital peasant farmers to the brink

PISAC, Peru (AP) — Under a punishing Andean sun, Nazario Quispe digs his plow into the soil where he is growing dozens of different potato varieties — uncertain when he will be able to afford the seeds and supplies to sow them again.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Pandemic pushes Peru's vital peasant farmers to the brink

PISAC, Peru (AP) — Under a punishing Andean sun, Nazario Quispe digs his plow into the soil where he is growing dozens of different potato varieties — uncertain when he will be able to afford the seeds and supplies to sow them again.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Pandemic pushes Peru's vital peasant farmers to the brink

PISAC, Peru (AP) — Under a punishing Andean sun, Nazario Quispe digs his plow into the soil where he is growing dozens of different potato varieties — uncertain when he will be able to afford the seeds and supplies to sow them again.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Pandemic pushes Peru's vital peasant farmers to the brink

PISAC, Peru (AP) — Under a punishing Andean sun, Nazario Quispe digs his plow into the soil where he is growing dozens of different potato varieties — uncertain when he will be able to afford the seeds and supplies to sow them again.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Peruvians get 3rd president in a week amid cautious hopes

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru swore in its third president in just over a week Tuesday in a televised ceremony that residents of the fraught South American country watched with both hope and skepticism after the worst constitutional crisis in two decades.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Peru awaits new president's swearing in with cautious hope

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvians returned to their daily lives Tuesday as the South American nation prepared to swear in its third president in a week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Peru's Congress selects centrist lawmaker to be new leader

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s political crisis appeared on the verge of resolution Monday as Congress cleared the way for an elder statesman and consensus candidate to become the country’s third president in a week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Peru now has no president as crisis takes chaotic turn

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Who is the president of Peru? The answer to that question Monday was no one.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Peru now has no president as crisis takes chaotic turn

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Who is the president of Peru?
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Peru's interim president resigns as chaos embroils nation

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s interim president resigned Sunday as the nation plunged into its worst constitutional crisis in two decades following massive protests unleashed when Congress ousted the nation’s popular leader.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

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