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Pedro Castillo, a socialist and the son of peasant farmers, isPeru's new president afterrisingfrom obscurity to narrowly beat a right-wing rival, the daughter of a jailed former president.
He is expected to turnPeruto theleftin what could be part of a growing trend in the region.
CGTN’s Dan Collyns reports.
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