With his Cabinet appointments, Peru’s new president may have planted the seeds of his own failure.
Democracy & Elections
"Under extreme pressure, the electoral authority managed to appear sober, even-handed and calm," said AS/COA's Brian Winter to ABC News.
Protests may seem to have subsided. But the president's outdated authoritarian tactics will create more instability.
Journalist Mitra Taj and legal expert Alonso Gurmendi discuss the bumpy road ahead for Peru’s new president.
As politicians on the left and right fuel polarization, signs of an appetite for centrist politics are starting to show.
Two young newcomers—Gabriel Boric on the left and Sebastián Sichel on the right—beat out frontrunners to lead their respective coalitions. The presidential vote takes place in November.
"It seems that he was able to gather this image of being the outsider," said the Americas Quarterly managing editor.