Jan 22 2020 26 mins 5
Voters in Peru will go to the polls to elect a new Congress this Sunday, after President Martin Vizcarra dissolved the previous one last October. For this week’s interview on Trend Lines, WPR’s Elliot Waldman discusses the outlook for this weekend’s elections with Peru expert Cynthia McClintock. If you like what you hear on Trend Lines and what you’ve read on WPR, you can sign up for our free newsletter to get our uncompromising analysis delivered straight to your inbox. The newsletter offers a free preview article every day of the week, plus three more complimentary articles in our weekly roundup every Friday. Sign up here. Then subscribe. Relevant Articles on WPR: An Unprecedented Constitutional Crisis Divides Peru. But Who Is to Blame? Was Vizcarra’s Showdown With Congress the Right Way to Fight Corruption in Peru? Peru’s Accidental President Hits His Stride by Taking on Corruption What Kuczynski’s Downfall Means for His Successor, and Peru Trend Lines is produced and edited by Peter Dörrie, a freelance journalist and analyst focusing on security and resource politics in Africa. You can follow him on Twitter at @peterdoerrie. To send feedback or questions, email us at [email protected].
