The two candidates that are in first and second places in the polls are conservative Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori running for "Fuerza 2011, " and leftist radical, leader of the "Nationalist Party, " Ollanta Humala Tasso.

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By standing for a third, constitutionally dubious, term after a decade in power, and then staging a deeply flawed election, Alberto Fujimori succeeded only in dividing his country and antagonising the outside world, notably the United States.

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Starting in the late 1980s De Soto, with the support of then Peruvian president Alan Garcia and his successor Alberto Fujimori, transformed his theory into action.

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