Leftist Peru candidate dogged by doubts

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110601/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_peru_election_humala

LIMA, Peru – Leftist military man Ollanta Humala has tried hard to shed his radical image and disavow Hugo Chavez, promising not to follow the Venezuelan leader's example of promoting constitutional rewrites that have helped extend his rule.

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Many Peruvians are dubious. Humala's main rival in Sunday's presidential run-off election isn't so much Keiko Fujimori as voter distrust.

A recent poll by the Datum firm found 49 percent believe Humala poses the greater risk of closing Congress and becoming a dictator — against 21 percent for Fujimori.

The reasons: Humala's past chumminess with Chavez, nagging questions about alleged human rights abuses in his military past and doubts over his sincerity after he repeatedly rewrote his campaign platform to make it more palatable to investors.