play Live Sign upShow navigation menuplay Live Click here to searchsearchSign upplay videoplay videoVideo Duration 27 minutes 25 seconds play-arrow27:25Inside StoryWill Peru’s new leader Keiko Fujimori reject her father’s legacy?Read moreIt took four attempts over 15 years, but Keiko Fujimori has finally got Peru’s top job. She’s making history as the first woman to be elected president. Her victory makes Peru the latest in a string of Latin American countries to swing to the right.
Fujimori defeated her left-wing rival by a narrow margin, and she will govern over a divided country. Many people are sceptical she will be able to unite Peru as promised, worried that instead, she will take after her father. The late president Alberto Fujimori was convicted and imprisoned for human rights abuses and corruption. Will his example guide her government?
Will Keiko Fujimori become Peru’s first leader in years to complete her term – or will her time in office be short-lived?
Jose Ragas – Historian and Assistant Professor at the Catholic University of Chile
Renata Segura – Programme Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the International Crisis Group
Christopher Sabatini – Director of the Latin America Programme at Chatham House
