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A voter arrives to a polling station guarded by police in Tacabamba, Peru, Sunday, June 6, 2021. Peruvians vote Sunday in a presidential run-off election to choose between Pedro Castillo, a political novice who until recently was a rural schoolteacher, and Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of jailed ex-President Alberto Fujimori. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
2 polarizing populists vie in Peru's presidential runoff

By Regina Garcia Cano And Franklin Briceno Jun. 06, 2021 12:03 AM EDT

The penal colony with a hospital for convicts, located in Vladimir, a city 180 kilometers (110 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 19, 2021. The Russian state penitentiary service said opposition leader Alexei Navalny will be admitted to the hospital in another prison after the politician's doctor said he could be near death. Navalny is in the third week of a hunger strike. The prison service also said Monday that Navalny had agreed to take vitamin therapy. (AP Photo/Daniel Kozin)
Putin foe Navalny sent to prison hospital amid hunger strike

By Daria Litvinova Apr. 19, 2021 10:06 AM EDT

Free Peru party presidential candidate Pedro Castillo cooks breakfast for his family in his home in Chugur, Peru, Friday, April 16, 2021. Castillo, a rural teacher, who has proposed rewriting Peru's constitution and deporting all immigrants living in the country illegally who commit crimes, will face rival candidate Keiko Fujimori in the June 6 presidential run-off election. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Students' struggles pushed Peru teacher to run for president

By Franklin Briceño And Regina Garcia Cano Apr. 18, 2021 09:47 AM EDT

A group of Peruvians residing in South Florida demonstrate in front of the Consulate General of Peru on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, in Coral Gables, Fla., after the interim president of Peru, Manuel Merino, resigned. (David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)
Peru's interim president resigns as chaos embroils nation

By Franklin Briceño And Christine Armario Nov. 15, 2020 12:22 AM EST

Farmer Nicanor Tasaico shows newly formed "quebranta" grapes, used to make non-aromatic or "pure" Pisco, at his vineyard in Ica, Peru, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. More than 500 Pisco producers have seen their sales collapse by half and thousands of grape growers have had their fields ruined because of the late harvests, because of the strict lockdown implemented to stop COVID-19. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Pandemic takes toll on business of pisco producers in Peru

By Franklin Briceño Oct. 01, 2020 12:41 PM EDT