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========== In June 2016, former Wall Street banker and
finance minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski defeated leftist party leader Keiko Fujimori in Peru’s
Presidential election. Kuczynski’s win, which was secured by a razor thin lead of
roughly 40 thousand votes, marked the country’s slow but steady shift toward neo-liberalism.
Peru has one of the fastest-growing economies in Latin America, putting them in stark contrast
to its once-powerful left-leaning neighbors, Venezuela and Brazil. So, exactly how powerful
is Peru? Well, Peru is the third largest Latin American
country. At nearly half a million square miles, it is slightly smaller than the US state of
Alaska. Peru’s population of just over 30 million has more than doubled in the last
four decades, and is increasingl...