Pragmatism, not Chavez, to dictate Peru politics by Sam Logan and Julio Cirino

Peruvian polls revealed on 21 December that retired Lieutenant Colonel and Peruvian presidential candidate Ollanta Humala has over 20 per cent of support among Peruvian voters. As a presidential candidate and leader of an alliance between two Peruvian political parties - Unity for Peru (UPP) and the Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) - Humala has surged to his new heights from a lowly five percent voter approval rating from August to December last year.