Still No Winner Declared In Peruvian Election

A woman reads front pages of newspapers at a news stand in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, June 7, 2016. The front page of La Razon newspaper reads in Spanish: “The fight continues!” The nail-biter race for Peru’s presidency tightened Tuesday as the daughter of imprisoned ex-president Alberto Fujimori gained ground on her rival thanks to votes trickling in from remote rural areas and embassies abroad. Former World Bank economist Pedro Pablo Kuczysnki has a razor-thin lead over Keiko Fujimori.
A woman reads the front page of La Razon newspaper, which reads "The fight continues!" The nail-biter race for Peru's presidency tightened Tuesday as the daughter of imprisoned ex-president Alberto Fujimori gained ground on her rival thanks to votes trickling in from remote rural areas and embassies abroad. Former World Bank economist Pedro Pablo Kuczysnki has a razor-thin lead over Keiko Fujimori. AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd
A woman reads front pages of newspapers at a news stand in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, June 7, 2016. The front page of La Razon newspaper reads in Spanish: “The fight continues!” The nail-biter race for Peru’s presidency tightened Tuesday as the daughter of imprisoned ex-president Alberto Fujimori gained ground on her rival thanks to votes trickling in from remote rural areas and embassies abroad. Former World Bank economist Pedro Pablo Kuczysnki has a razor-thin lead over Keiko Fujimori.
A woman reads the front page of La Razon newspaper, which reads "The fight continues!" The nail-biter race for Peru's presidency tightened Tuesday as the daughter of imprisoned ex-president Alberto Fujimori gained ground on her rival thanks to votes trickling in from remote rural areas and embassies abroad. Former World Bank economist Pedro Pablo Kuczysnki has a razor-thin lead over Keiko Fujimori. AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd

Still No Winner Declared In Peruvian Election

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Peru’s election agency says it has processed about 99.5 percent of the ballots from last weekend’s vote. The candidates (Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, an economist and politician, and Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of the former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori) have been locked in a neck and neck battle. 

The vote is likely to be determined by the absentee ballots. Frank Bajak, The Associated Press’ former longtime chief of Andean new, joins us to discuss the election.