Peru tilts left in presidential election

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Link to excellent analysis of the situation in Peru as it goes to a second round with the left nationalist candidate Ollanta Humala the frontrunner. He was beaten in 2006 by being tainted as a Chavez candidate. This time he has substituted a suit for his former military fatigues and beaten four right wing candidates. He now faces a runoff with the daughter of the jailed former President Fuljimori. The left turn in Latin America is not yet over and Washington will not be at all happy if the nationalist Humala wins. They have made Peru something of a poster boy for their policies in the region, alongside Colombia and Chile. Conditions have remained dire for millions of Peruvians despite years of neoliberal economic growth. Humala has tried to convince the US that he will not threaten stability, according to this report, by moderating his position.