El candidato de izquierda radical Roberto Sánchez trepó este miércoles al segundo lugar en el recuento parcial de las elecciones presidenciales en Perú y se ubica como posible rival de la derechista Keiko Fujimori en el balotaje previsto para el 7 de junio, tras unos comicios opacados por fallas logísticas y denuncias.

Con más de 91,4% de las actas contabilizadas, la hija del expresidente autócrata Alberto Fujimori obtiene 17,04% de los votos. La sigue Roberto Sánchez (12,06%), tras desplazar por mínima diferencia al ultraconservador Rafael López Aliaga (11,85%), quien cuestiona la elección y pidió anular el proceso. Los resultados aún pueden variar.

López Aliaga, del partido Renovación Popular, presentó este miércoles un recurso formal ante el Jurado Nacional de Elecciones (JNE) en el que pidió que se suspenda la proclamación de resultados de los comicios por la presunta “afectación al derecho al voto de más de 600.000 ciudadanos”.

El postulante ultraconservador señaló que en las elecciones se produjo un fraude, aunque sin presentar pruebas.

Sánchez, psicólogo de 57 años y heredero político del expresidente Pedro Castillo (2021-2022), condenado a 11 años de prisión por golpismo, creció en particular el martes en el cómputo que lleva la Oficina Nacional de Procesos Electorales (ONPE), organizadora del sufragio.

“Las actas no mienten”

Los votos de fuera de Lima, la capital, demoraron más en ser procesados. En el sur andino y en zonas rurales se encuentra el electorado más firme del candidato del partido Juntos por el Perú.

“Vamos con tranquilidad, con serenidad, estamos confiados en el respaldo de nuestro pueblo (…) porque las actas no mienten”, dijo Sánchez. “Estas elecciones se tienen que respetar”, agregó.

Unas proyecciones publicadas el lunes por la consultora Ipsos ya lo colocaban con las mejores posibilidades de acceder a una segunda vuelta.

“Deseo de cambio”

Roberto Sánchez fue ministro de Comercio Exterior y Turismo de Pedro Castillo, el único que sobrevivió en su puesto durante los cinco cambios de gabinete que tuvo aquel turbulento gobierno de 17 meses.

Con un sombrero campesino, emuló durante su campaña la imagen del sindicalista Castillo, maestro de escuela que llegó a ser mandatario.

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Hoy preso y condenado a más de 11 años por un fallido intento de disolver el Congreso, Castillo se mantiene popular entre los sectores empobrecidos de los Andes.

“Será liberado por nuestro gobierno, en correspondencia a la prerrogativa presidencial que otorga” la facultad de indultarlo, aseguró Sánchez.

El candidato de Juntos por el Perú prometió una “nueva Constitución” y la fundación de un “Estado plurinacional” para gobernar con los pueblos nativos, como lo hizo Evo Morales en Bolivia.

“Hay un inmenso deseo de cambio” entre las poblaciones excluidas, dijo.

“Nulidad”

Las elecciones presidenciales fueron afectadas el domingo por problemas en la distribución de papeletas de votación y urnas, lo que motivó retrasos en la apertura de decenas de centros de votación en Lima.

Unas 50.000 personas se quedaron sin votar, lo que obligó a las autoridades a convocarlos de nuevo el lunes.

El Jurado Nacional de Elecciones denunció al jefe de la ONPE, Piero Corvetto, y a otros tres funcionarios por presuntos delitos contra el derecho al sufragio.

El ultraconservador López Aliaga, exalcalde de Lima y admirador de Trump, criticó los comicios y pidió a las autoridades anular la elección tras denunciar un supuesto fraude.

“Les doy 24 horas para que declaren nulidad absoluta de este fraude electoral”, dijo ante cientos de sus partidarios reunidos frente a la sede del máximo tribunal electoral.

Una misión de observadores de la Unión Europea informó que no encontró elementos que sustenten una “narrativa de fraude”.

(Con información de AFP)

U.K. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer faces a «crimes against humanity» complaint at the United Nations over the treatment of the Chagossian people as tensions rise after an Iranian missile attempt targeting Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

Starmer, who is named in the filling, has been reported specifically over the removal of four people who returned to the island in a complaint filed by the attorney general for the Chagossian government.

James Tumbridge’s filing also comes as the exiled leadership stressed the importance of strong ties with the United States, telling Fox News Digital that Washington is a «brother in arms for global security.»

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On March 20, Iran launched two ballistic missiles toward Diego Garcia from more than 2,300 miles away, missing the target but underscoring the base’s strategic importance.

Chagossian leaders have since backed a continued U.S. presence, with First Minister Misley Mandarin saying they want to «uphold the 1966 agreement and consider the U.S. as a brother in arms for global security.»

The 1966 agreement allowed the U.S. to use Diego Garcia for defense purposes, initially for 50 years.

«The desire of the Chagossian government is to have a positive relationship with the U.S. and an ongoing presence on Diego Garcia of the U.S. military,» Tumbridge also told Fox News Digital.

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Diego Garcia is the largest island in the Chagos archipelago and the site of a major United States military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean leased from the U.K. in 1966. (Reuters)

Meanwhile, Tumbridge’s U.N. submission claims U.K. actions risk the «forced depopulation» of the Chagos Islands.

Expulsions began in 1968, when about 2,000 residents were removed, culminating in 1973, and in February the U.K. issued new removal orders to four Chagossians who had returned to the islands.

The filing calls the situation «forced displacement» that could constitute «a crime against humanity by forced depopulation of a territory.»

It warns the British government of a «fresh crime now» that could complete a decades-long erasure of the Indigenous population, stating, «The removal of these four persons would result in the total physical erasure of the Chagossian people,» potentially «amounting to ethnic cleansing.»

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President Trump warned he will use force if a lease deal with Mauritius over Diego Garcia «falls apart» or anyone threatens U.S. operations. (Getty Images)

«The BIOT commissioner accepted that the Chagossians were wronged in the past,» Tumbridge said Wednesday.

«How can the U.K. prime minister, who claims to value the rule of law and human rights, not want to right that wrong and let the people return to their islands?»

The filing also comes as the U.K. considers transferring sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius.

This followed a 2019 International Court of Justice opinion, while preserving the Diego Garcia base under a 99-year lease.

President Donald Trump criticized the proposed handover, and the U.K. has since paused legislation to formalize the deal, with ministers saying it has become «impossible to agree at a political level.»

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The legislation was expected to be included in the King’s speech outlining the next parliamentary session’s agenda.

Fox News Digital has reached out to 10 Downing Street for comment.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s tariffs could be restored as early as July, signaling a rapid pivot by the Trump administration after the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s IEEPA-based tariffs earlier this year, forcing the administration to turn to other trade authorities.

«We had a setback at the Supreme Court in terms of the tariff policy,» Bessent said Tuesday at an event hosted by the Wall Street Journal. «But we will be implementing or conducting Section 301 studies — so the tariffs could be back in place at the previous level by [the] beginning of July.»

His remarks come after the Supreme Court ruled in February that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, does not authorize tariffs.

Trump has billed tariffs as «life or death» for the U.S. economy — underscoring the outsize importance the administration has placed on the issue. 

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Bessent’s comments also come as the U.S. collected more than $133 billion in IEEPA tariff duties as of mid-December, according to data published by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, a figure that later grew to roughly $166 billion by early March 2026.

The administration moved to preserve tariffs in the weeks since the Supreme Court’s ruling to find new ways to implement the import fees, invoking several provisions of the U.S. Trade Act of 1974 in order to do so. 

Bessent’s remarks, first reported by Bloomberg, are a sign that the Trump administration plans to enact a combination of statutes under the trade law as it looks to move past the high court’s ruling and find new ways to sustain U.S. tariff pressure. 

The strategy, long-term, appears to focus largely on Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, which allows the president and the U.S. Trade Representative’s office (USTR) to implement «retaliatory import restrictions» against a country that is found to have engaged in unfair or «discriminatory» trade policies or practices towards U.S. businesses. 

Section 301 allows the U.S. Trade Representative to investigate and respond to «unfair» foreign trade practices flagged by the president, though they require a formal period of notice and public comment, delaying enforcement. 

Since the Supreme Court’s ruling, the Trump administration has initiated a flurry of more than 75 investigations under Section 301, according to a report from Alan Wm. Wolff, a senior fellow for the Peterson Institute for International Economics — far outpacing the average annual number of Section 301 investigations initiated during the past five decades.

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President Donald Trump speaks during a trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

That’s not the only lever administration officials have pulled in an effort to keep Trump’s tariffs in place, however.

Trump last month announced new 10% global tariffs — an emergency provision under the trade law that allows a president to unilaterally impose import fees of up to 15% on U.S. trading partners for a period of 150 days, to respond to large and serious «balance of payments deficits,» or instances that risk immediately depreciating the power of the dollar.  

The Section 122 announcement prompted a lawsuit from 24 attorneys general, who argued the move was an illegal attempt to «sidestep» the Supreme Court’s ruling. It also prompted another lengthy hearing before the U.S. Court of International Trade in Manhattan Friday, as judges on the three-member panel weighed the legality of Trump’s effort.

Lawyers for the challenges told the court Friday that upholding the administration’s broader view of the law would effectively turn Section 122 into an all-purpose trade weapon. 

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President Donald Trump during a press conference at the White House on Feb. 20, 2026. (Mandel Ngan/Getty Images)

But Justice Department lawyer Brett Shumate argued that Congress had provided presidents with broad discretion to assess economic conditions.

«A trade deficit was a large driver of a balance of payments deficit in 1974 as it is today,» Shumate said. 

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«We’re not on the gold standard anymore,» he said. «We don’t have a fixed currency, but we can still have balance-of-payment problems.»