It is now practically certain: Ollanta Humala, a former soldier of Indian origin, is the new president of Peru. It is a historic turning point: the left returns to power 36 years after the fall of the regime of General Juan Velasco Alvarado, due to a coup d'état.
So far 78% of the seats have been counted. And ex-colonel Humala can count on 50,5% of the preferences. He beats his rival Keiko Fujimori, daughter of the notorious Alberto, now imprisoned, an expression of the nationalist right. Humala promises a "major transformation" of the Peruvian economy, in order to make the country less dependent on the mining sector. He also aims for a better distribution of wealth, after Peru has been growing at Chinese rates for years.
