Peru: Ruling party suffers local electoral losses

Peru’s APRA political party lost several key seats in municipal elections over the weekend which may undermine the rule of President Alan Garcia. Independent candidates captured 20 of 25 regional government seats while Lima’s incumbent conservative mayor held his post. Most of the candidates in the political faction representing Ollanta Humala (Garcia’s opponent in this year’s presidential elections) lost, thus diminishing Humala’s political influence.

In a similar story, Paraguay’s ruling Partido Colorado won 3 out of every 4 municipalities in last weekend’s elections including the historical election of Asuncion’s first female mayor.

Links- People’s Daily Online, Reuters, International Herald Tribune, MercoPress

Image- adnmundo.com

Tags- election, Alan Garcia, Peru