Resurgent leftist in Peru election

[Judi Lynn]

Resurgent leftist in Peru election
By CARLA SALAZAR, Associated Press Carla Salazar, Associated Press – 58 mins ago

LIMA, Peru – A leftist former army officer who nearly won Peru's presidency five years ago with fiery anti-capitalist rhetoric and open affinity for Hugo Chavez has risen once again to share the lead in opinion polls just days before the presidential election.

To get there, Ollanta Humala ditched his leftist discourse and radical red T-shirt and has distanced himself from Venezuela's president, pitching himself as a mellowed moderate.

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In his 192-page campaign platform, Humala strikes a markedly different tone from the others, contending that Peru has become "the instrument of a few small (business) groups who consider their transnationalization the only road to development."

Humala told business leaders in a January speech that he'd seek to rewrite the constitution to create "an economic regime that has social justice as its objective." That, he said, includes "restoring national sovereignty over ... natural resources."

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110401/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_peru_elections_humala

[Peace Patriot]

1. The Associated Pukes strike again! Arrogant, lying, full of themselves, corporate whores!

:puke: