Peru: political parties
At a Glance
28-01-2015
The situation regarding political parties in Peru cannot be understood outside the context of the Fujimori decade and its consequences. Despite having achieved good macroeconomic results, the APRA of former President Alán García and the PP of former President Alejandro Toledo lost electoral support, probably due to uneven redistribution of the fruits of growth. Current President Ollanta Humala seems to have understood this, and has thus tried to combine support for foreign investment with better income redistribution.
At a Glance
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- agreement (EU)
- allocation of seats
- America
- economic geography
- election monitoring
- electoral procedure and voting
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- GEOGRAPHY
- multiparty system
- national election
- parliament
- parliamentary election
- Peru
- political framework
- political geography
- political parties
- political party
- political situation
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- politics and public safety
- presidential election
- unicameral system