General elections will take place in Peru on 10 April 2016 and since incumbent President Ollanta Humala is ineligible to run due to constitutional term limits there is a plethora of candidates aspiring to the job. Peruvian voters seem in the mood for change. The emerging market's growth has temporarily stalled,. The Peruvian economy performed strongly at first during Mr Humala's presidency but has fallen off sharply in the past couple of years, mainly due to external factors and the plunge in commodities prices.
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