Resentment of the European-descended elite that has ruled Peru for more than four centuries runs deep in this provincial city up in the Andes mountains. So does support for retired army Lt. Col. Ollanta Humala, the nationalist candidate who leveraged the rancor Peru’s poor majority feels for its ruling class into a first-place finish in Sunday’s presidential election, assuring himself a spot in a runoff. “The people here in the interior of the country, the humble people, are behind him more so than for those other parties that are in favor of the rich,” Luis de la Cruz, a hardware shop owner. Full Story
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