https://latinamericanpost.com/37463-peru-may-have-a-new-president-but-it-will-continue-in-crisis
Peru has been in a state of political turmoil for the past 30 years with almost every president or party being found guilty of corruption and or scandalous behavior. Former presidents have even gotten into office to only get impeached for crimes against humanity as was the case for Alberto Fujimori. Recent elections only serve to further complicate the issue, Peru’s most recent presidential race was shrouded in controversy as many claim election fraud due to the incredibly small margin of victory and mail in ballots. This has only led to more protest, riots and confusion over who had won the election. With the opposition claiming they had won until months after the election. This political instability will further exacerbate some of the issues that Peru is already facing. Especially with regards to foreign affairs.
For example, Peru had historically been taking a hardline approach to Venezuela and its authoritarian dictatorship, but when the new president Pedro Castillo was elected he left Lima (the group created with the intention of returning democracy to Venezuela) and had opened up discussions with Venezuela and potential trade. This is frightening because Pedro Castillo ran on a marxist party ideology and may be inclined to align with Venezuela. This would pose a number of issues for democracy in the surrounding countries. It could even encourage other countries such as Brazil which is classified as a flawed democracy to backslide into an authoritarian regime, this could spawn a domino effect for the region and create warlord states. Peru is following the region’s trend in a pendulum swing from far right and far left leaders. Currently Peru is experiencing the most recent swing in that pendulum towards a left leaning leader. President Pedro Castillo has also made reference to having a singular political party for Peru, while these aspirations are unlikely to happen they are very similar to Cubas one state one party policy. Peru’s potential to implement marxis policies will undoubtedly put stress on their citizens. With claims of fraudulent elections and protests that are still ongoing the future of Peru’s leadership remains clouded and unclear.