After eight presidents in ten years, many voters are looking for stability so the next president can focus on tackling crime and inequality.

The results of Peru's presidential election on Sunday could hinge on the votes of small, artisanal gold miners who benefit from loose regulations under an administrative program that was created in 2016 and originally ​slated to end in 2020.

Trujillo mourned its dead, killed in crime waves that have targeted this Peruvian city. Small business owners struggle and extortion by gangs is rampant as in many other places across the South American country.

The runoff pit a leftist seeking to win over undecided centrists against a right-winger with a tough-on-crime sales pitch.

LIMA, June ⁠7 (Reuters) - ⁠An early ⁠tally by ​pollster Ipsos shows ‌that Keiko Roberto ‌Sanchez, ⁠is ⁠leading Peru's presidential race with ​50.3% compared to ​Keiko Fujimori's 49.7%, a ⁠statistical ⁠tie according ⁠to Ipsos ​represntatives.

Peruvians are chosing between two presidential candidates with starkly different views. Keiko Fujimori, a conservative and daughter of a disgraced former president, faces Roberto Sánchez, a nationalist congressman.

In 1987, a frantic rescue excavation at Huaca Rajada, Peru, saved an intact Moche tomb from looters. The discovery of the Lord of Sipán's tomb provided invaluable context, revealing the Moche's social hierarchy and power structures.

The daughter of disgraced former president Alberto Fujimori, running again for the presidency, is herself deeply unpopular. So is her opponent.