Another victory for the right in Latin America, now in Peru. Keiko Fujimori has managed to surpass in the weeks-long count the left-wing candidate, Roberto Sánchez, by more votes than those remaining to be counted, and thus proclaims herself the winner of the elections. Although the Peruvian electoral office has not yet officially declared any winner, the political heir of dictator Alberto Fujimori has a clear path to power after the same body has ruled out indications of manipulation in the elections and has dismissed Sánchez's request to annul thousands of votes cast abroad.

Peru will celebrate this Sunday the second round of the presidential elections and the close race in the count between the two candidates is still ongoing this Monday, even with the scrutiny well advanced. With 94% of the votes counted, the left-wing candidate, Roberto Sánchez, has overtaken the radical right-wing candidate, Keiko Fujimori, in an election that is a choice between two pasts. The daughter and political heir of dictator Alberto Fujimori had started by leading the count and with 50% of the votes scrutinized was five points ahead of Sánchez, but as the day has progressed the distance has shortened, until the left-wing candidate has overtaken his right-wing rival.

In an election, what is usual is that parties look to the future. It is also not strange to look to the present if what is sought is to renew the presidency or a majority in Parliament. In certain contexts, some formations, for the future, seek to evoke the past. What is less common is that citizens arrive at the polling station and find that the two options they have to vote evoke different pasts in their country's history, however different they may be. This is the scenario that Peru finds itself in this Sunday, which is celebrating the second round of presidential elections.