Credit: Wikimedia Commons Conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori has won Peru’s presidential election, defeating left-wing challenger Roberto Sánchez in one of the closest races in the country’s modern history. With more than 98 percent of ballots counted, Fujimori secured approximately 50.002 percent of the vote, edging Sánchez by only a few hundred votes out of nearly 20 million cast. Election observers and polling experts say the remaining ballots are expected to preserve her narrow lead. The victory marks a major political comeback for Fujimori, 51, who lost three previous presidential bids and has spent two decades building the political movement founded by her father, former President Alberto Fujimori. BREAKING: The right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori has overtaken the far-left candidate Roberto Sanchez with 651 votes. 98.2% of…

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