Keiko Fujimori Inherits 35-Year China Legacy After Narrow Peru Election Win
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 9
Keiko Fujimori Inherits 35-Year China Legacy After Narrow Peru Election Win
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 9
Summary
Keiko Fujimori now faces a foreign-policy balancing act after narrowly winning Peru’s presidential election last month, with Donald Trump pressing to restore US dominance in Latin America.
A 35-year-old legacy drives that tension: Alberto Fujimori’s first trip to Beijing helped steer Peru toward China and foreshadowed a broader regional shift toward Beijing.
That history leaves Peru at the center of a wider US-China contest in the hemisphere, testing whether its new president can preserve ties with China while managing pressure from Washington.