in April this year there will be a presidential election in Peru to replace the incument Alejandro Toledo after serving only one term (up two terms would be possible). He has approval ratings of ca. 10 percent.
According to a new poll the woman Lourdes Flores leads the polls. This was greeted by the stockmarkets, because for some time it looked as if Ollanta Humala, an ally of Chavez and Morales, might win the elections. Former president Alan García still gets third place, which is a bad sign.
These polls will probably change again over the next months. The current numbers are:
- Flores: 29 percent
- Humala: 18 percent
- García: 13 percent