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TIME You and President Chávez have been accused of divisive meddling in the politics of other Latin nations, such as the June 4 presidential election in Peru, in which you have been supportive of leftist candidate Ollanta Humala...
...same time, leftists riding an angry anti-globalization wave in Latin America, where the gap between rich and poor has only widened in recent years, are winning elected office around the region at a remarkable pace. Another, Ollanta Humala, may win Peru's presidential election this month, and he too has pledged to drastically renegotiate his nation's contracts with foreign energy and mining companies. Meanwhile, though the front-runner in this year's Mexican presidential race, former Mexico City mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, is more friendly to foreign investment than the likes of Chavez, he has also pledged...
...While slamming his opponents for being traditional politicians and supporters of the "status quo," Humala tells TIME that one of his first acts in office would be to "eliminate the 'golden payroll' for government employees," slashing salaries of the president and lawmakers. But on paper, the status quo doesn't seem so bad in Peru these days. The country is experiencing its longest economic expansion in modern history - 57 months - and inflation is near 1%, while exports have tripled to $18 billion in five years. Yet a majority of Peruvians are demanding radical change because the boom has not trickled...
...respondents said that they wanted to see major economic and political changes, including the election of an authoritarian government. "I am voting for Ollanta, because he is going to kick out all the corrupt politicians in Lima and govern for all Peru," said Felix Ticona, 24, at an Humala rally in the southern city of Moquegua...
...Even as Humala claims he wants to "strengthen our relationship with the United States," he has also made it clear that he has some major differences with Washington. Most notably, Humala wants changes in the way the two nations deal with the issues of coca and cocaine. Peru is the world's second largest producer of coca, and the U.S. government has pumped $629 million into Peru since 2000 to reduce coca production, though with little success. Humala has stated that he will end U.S.-based programs to eradicate coca, supporting instead an approach that would "industrialize" it. "We need...