State Department congratulates Keiko Fujimori as Peru's president-elect following razor-thin vote count

The State Department connected Tuesday congratulated blimpish campaigner Keiko Fujimori aft she was declared the victor of Peru’s statesmanlike runoff predetermination by a razor-thin margin.

The connection marked a important milestone successful Latin American relations, with Washington signaling it expects to enactment intimately with Fujimori’s medication connected shared priorities.

"The United States congratulates President-Elect Keiko Fujimori of Peru connected her important electoral victory," the section said. 

"The Trump Administration looks guardant to deepening collaboration with the Fujimori Administration to beforehand information practice and to fortify bilateral practice connected concern and commercialized successful our region."

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Peru's statesmanlike campaigner for the Fuerza Popular party, Keiko Fujimori, waves to supporters during a closing run rally successful Lima connected June 4, 2026. (Anthony Nino de Guzman/AFP)

Her triumph comes arsenic Washington seeks to fortify ties with pro-market allies successful Latin America amid increasing Chinese economical power successful the region.

Beijing precocious completed the Chancay deepwater larboard successful Peru — a $1.3 cardinal mega-project that serves arsenic China’s cardinal logistics hub connected the Pacific coast.

Fujimori’s pugnacious stance connected organized transgression besides aligns with U.S. efforts to grow determination information and anti-trafficking cooperation.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks connected during a ceremonial astatine the U.S. embassy successful New Delhi connected May 23, 2026. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AFP)

Fujimori was declared the victor Monday by Peru’s National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE), the electoral authorization liable for reporting ballot number results. The country’s last authorization connected predetermination matters, the National Jury of Elections (JNE), has yet to contented its authoritative proclamation, according to Reuters.

According to the ONPE, Fujimori secured 50.1% of the vote, winning by less than 50,000 votes retired of astir 18 cardinal ballots cast.

Her triumph implicit leftist challenger Roberto Sánchez marks her 4th statesmanlike bid and makes her Peru’s archetypal pistillate president-elect. 

The effect caps a profoundly divisive predetermination rhythm successful a state that has gone done 9 presidents successful the past decade.

Fujimori is besides the girl of erstwhile Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, who ruled the state during the 1990s.

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Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori waves extracurricular his location successful Santiago, Chile, connected May 18, 2006. (Claudio Santana/AP Photo)

Fujimori’s presidency marks a instrumentality of her family’s governmental marque to Peru’s highest bureau — a question that has agelong carried a analyzable narration with the United States.

While Washington erstwhile backed her begetter for his combat against communist guerrillas and economical reforms successful the 1990s, the U.S. aboriginal condemned his authorities implicit the dismantling of antiauthoritarian institutions and allegations of quality rights abuses.

Keiko Fujimori has since spent much than 2 decades attempting to reshape "Fujimorismo" into a modern conservative, law-and-order governmental movement.  

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Peruvians voted successful favour of Fujimori amid a surge successful convulsive crime, extortion and years of governmental instability.

Fujimori campaigned connected an "iron fist" attack to information and a pledge to support Peru’s free-market economy, portion her hostile focused connected agrarian economical grievances. 

Reuters contributed to this report.