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This might be considered "Off Topic", personally I thought it's worth posting. A recent update on the polls for the upcoming June Peru Run Off Election:

(Reuters) - Peruvian presidential candidate Ollanta Humala's is struggling to shed his hardline left-wing image, leaving him exposed to attacks that have already eroded his lead over his right-wing rival, Keiko Fujimori.

Discrepancies between the fiery tone of Humala's official policy platform and the more conciliatory public image he has developed since narrowly losing the 2006 election have made him vulnerable to a barrage of daily criticism in the local media.

He is constantly accused of having a "doble discurso," or campaign "double-talk" -- speaking out of both sides of his mouth when trying to court investors and rally the poor.

The attacks have helped Fujimori trim Humala's advantage in opinion polls to just one percentage point from six points a month ago.

Fujimori, the daughter of jailed former President Alberto Fujimori, has even pulled ahead of Humala by two points in the Ipsos poll, one of four key surveys tracked in Peru.

If that trend holds, Peruvian asset prices -- which have been pressured by worries Humala could roll back years of free-markets reforms -- could rally before the June 5 vote as Fujimori is more trusted by investors.

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