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...made his opponent a little harder to pin down. While Garcìa, 57, is pitted against retired Army colonel Ollanta Humala, 43, his comments in the waning days of the race make it seem as if he is running against Venezuela's leftist president Hugo Chávez. In his final campaign swing and last-minute TV ads, Garcìa tells voters that they have a clear choice, voting for him and the future of Peru or for Ch...
...This is the decision," he booms, totally avoiding Humala's name in nearly an hour on the stump. Garcìa and Chávez have been trading insults for months, since the Venezuelan leader began openly supporting Humala and attacking Garcìa, other candidates and Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo. "Hugo Chávez is helping us every time he speaks. And Humala does not understand this," says Enrique Cornejo, Garcìa's chief economic advisor...
...focus on Chávez at the end of the race is only the final chapter in a colorful campaign that has centered more on the candidates' personalities and their supposed allies than on the issues. Besides Chávez, Bolivian President Evo Morales, former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori and his corrupt, imprisoned national security advisor, Vladimiro Montesinos, have also figured prominently...
...With only five days to go in the race, for instance, Montesinos managed to write and smuggle out of prison a 41-page booklet alleging that Chávez and Cuban President Fidel Castro have manipulated Humala, using him as a pawn to spread social unrest. Along the way, both candidates have been pelted with rocks and rotting vegetables, and six people were hurt when shots were fired during a Garcìa rally. Outgoing President Toledo has warned that "paid disturbances" could be in the works for election...
...revision of tax breaks for foreign mining companies. The transformation has paid off; he has led in every poll since April. "Garcìa has run the better campaign, appealing to voters who want change but are weary of Humala's radical position and his ties to Chávez. Garcìa has exploited these fears," says former Foreign Minister Diego Garc...