Ex-President Set to Face Nationalist in Runoff
From Times Wire Reports
Left-of-center former President Alan Garcia looked set to go ahead to Peru’s election runoff as allies of conservative Lourdes Flores accepted defeat and election officials said they did not expect the few remaining votes to make a difference.
Garcia, whose 1985-90 government left Peru in economic ruin, would face ex-army nationalist Ollanta Humala, who has said he would impose greater state control over the economy.
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