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As Castillo nears victory, Peru prepares for what comes next · 2

KapteinB · 1391 days ago

Left-wing presidential contender Pedro Castillo keeps slim lead over Keiko Fujimori, but official result not yet released.

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cgod · 1390 days ago · link ·

Thanks for posting, this wasn't on my radar.

I'm sure the CIA is working on how to fuck Castillo's tenure up, I hope the best for him.

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KapteinB · 1390 days ago · link ·

From what I understand, he won't need CIA's help to fuck up his tenure; Peru's own Congress will handle that.

Yeah, I didn't even know there was an election going on there until I decided to check the latest international headlines. Figured it was worth sharing here.

Then I got curious why one of the candidates appeared to be a Japanese woman, and it sent me down a rather interesting Wikipedia rabbit hole. Apparently, thousands of Japanese left Japan for Brazil and Peru in the early 20th century. The article went on to talk about Japanese/Peruvian fusion cuisine, and now I really want to taste that.