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ANALYZING POTENTIAL

CANDIDATES FOR 2016 ELECTIONS

Presidential elections day in Peru is coming. The next President

will be popularly elected for a five-year term. Peru is a democratic republic

where the government is divided into three branches: executive, legislative and

judicial.President Ollanta umala, elected in !"##, is an example of a wrong

decision for many people in our country. $eeting each candidate is really

important to be eligible to vote% therefore, it is important for our country to loo&

over the three possible candidates with greater acceptance in order to be

informed and issue a wise vote.

One of the potential candidates for !"#' is (lan )arcia Pere*. e

represents the oldest political party which in Peru: the Popular +evolutionary

(lliance (P+(. e is a traditional candidate because he tries to ta&e office for

the third time. The biggest controversy with (lan is that he had two very

contrasting periods as president. The first period which was from #/0 to #"

was a whole disaster because (lan had not had enough experience to govern.

is second term was better than the first because he helped Peru to increase a

)P1 growth of 2 3. (lso, he promoted the 45(-P6+4 7ree Trade (greement

PTP( entered into force on 7ebruary#, !"".

(nother potential candidate is 8ei&o 7ujimori, who is the piece

fundamental of 7uer*a Popular. 9t is the second time that she is running for

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the presidential because she lost in !"##. 8ei&o could be the first female

president in Peru. (lso, she is a supporter of free mar&et capitalism in her

political. owever, 8ei&o is the daughter of former controversial president

(lberto 7ujimori. 7ujimori surprised Peruvians and the outside world with a coup

d;tat against his own government and for human rights abuses. 7or that

reason, some thin& that 8ei&o will govern in the same way her father did.

7inally, (lejandro Toledo, who represents