Peru’s election of Pedro Castillo: from fragmentation to polarization—or perhaps centrist reform?
On June 6, Peruvians went to the polls to choose between two candidates who represented extreme positions in the country’s second-round presidential runoff. This polarizing choice—between the potentially authoritarian right and an empowered, socialist left led one analyst consulted for this piece to refer to the options as being akin to the “the precipice and the abyss,” writes Jane S. Jaquette and Dr. Abraham F. Lowenthal
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