Peruvians vote today in the "lesser-of-two-evils" run-off election

sigh...

Results are expected to be very close. Polls suggest ex-President Alan Garcia will win a narrow majority over nationalist candidate Ollanta Humala.

Because of this, campaigning has been especially fierce - few in Peru can remember a dirtier, more aggressive election campaign.

Mr Humala received 30.7% of the vote in the first round - not enough for an outright win. Mr Garcia polled 24%.

it seems that, in every country i visit, i hear the same thing...

In their desperation to gain an advantage, Peru's two candidates have left a climate of distrust and confusion in a country where voting is compulsory.

Many Peruvians say they will not vote for either man and plan to destroy their ballot papers.

Even more say neither candidate appeals and they will have to decide which of the two men is the lesser of two evils.

there is only one clear winner in a situation like this and it's certainly not the peruvian people... with a disaffected population, it's ever so much easier for a foreign government to intervene and, with promises of financial, infrastructure, and economic aid and assistance, to ultimately manipulate the country's direction to its advantage...

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