Ismael Benavides, Peru’s finance minister, believes that whoever is sworn in as the next president of Peru on July 28 will maintain market-friendly policies.
The Andean country, with a population of 29.5 million and a $153 billion economy, has its first round of elections on April 10. The president, Alan García, who represents the Popular American Revolutionary Alliance, a centre-left political party, will not stand again. The favourite to win is a former president, Alejandro Toledo, who will stand for Perú Posible, a centrist party. Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori, who represents the right-wing Fuerza...
