Peru: 2006 Elections and Issues for Congress (CRS Report for Congress)
| Release Date |
Revised July 13, 2006 |
| Report Number |
RS22430 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Maureen Taft-Morales, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
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Summary:
Peru held the first round of national presidential and parliamentary elections on April 9, 2006. No presidential candidate won over 50%, so a run-off election is necessary. The results among the top three candidates were so close, however, that election officials may not know until the end of April which two candidates will be in the run-off in late May or early June. It appears that populist Ollanta Humala will be one of the two candidates. The other will be either Lourdes Flores Nano, a conservative, or left-of-center former president Alan Garcia. Congressional concern regarding the elections will likely focus on the impact the winning candidate would have on U.S. relations with Peru. Humala campaigned on an anti-globalization platform; both Flores and Garcia generally favor free market policies. Other issues in U.S.-Peruvian relations include trade, drugs, democracy, and human rights. The two countries signed a free trade agreement that still must be approved by their respective legislatures. This report will be updated as warranted. See also CRS Report RS22391, U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, by M. Angeles Villarreal, and CRS Report RL30918, Peru: Recovery from Crisis, by Maureen Taft-Morales.
