Crime-weary Peru votes for ninth president in a decade

LIMA — Peru votes on Sunday to elect its ninth president in a decade, with crime-weary voters seemingly poised to extend the tide of conservative governments sweeping Latin America. From the Amazon to the Andes, about 27 million Peruvians are obliged to vote in a race that features a media baron, an autocrat’s daughter, and a hardline ex-mayor who likens himself to a cartoon pig. “I wouldn’t vote for anyone. I’m so disappointed with everyone in power,” clothing merchant Maria Fernandez, 56, told AFP. READ: US concern: Peru could lose sovereignty to China “We’ve been governed by nothing but corrupt, […]... Keep on reading: Crime-weary Peru votes for ninth president in a decade

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