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Peruvian left unites to support Pedro Castillo against Keiko Fujimori

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Peru's moderate left, led by Verónika Mendoza, signed this Wednesday a pact to support ultra-left candidate Pedro Castillo in his Peruvian presidential runoff contest against authoritarian right-winger Keiko Fujimori.

Mendoza, who came sixth in the April 11 general elections as candidate of the leftist coalition Juntos por el Perú, signed an agreement with Castillo of "common points" that proposes to "re-found" Peru, with "sovereignty, justice, and equality".

This was the first concrete support received by Castillo's candidacy from outside forces, in contrast to Fujimori, who has already obtained the support . . .

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