Peru campaigns end, polls show nationalist leads
Peru’s presidential candidates made their last appeals to voters as campaigning closed on Thursday and pollsters said nationalist Ollanta Humala remained in first place but with too little support to avoid a runoff. In Arequipa, in southern Peru where the retired army commander’s support is strongest, the central Plaza de Armas was so crowded with thousands of Humala supporters that many hung in trees and from lampposts. Full Story