Peru's Keiko Fujimori has run for the presidency three times and lost three times -- in a country that has had eight presidents in the last decade alone.
But on this, her fourth attempt, the daughter of disgraced former president Alberto Fujimori may have a last best chance at power, riding a right‑wing wave sweeping Latin America.
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