Fujimori declared winner of Peru presidential runoff election

Conservative politician Keiko Fujimori was declared the winner

of the presidential runoff election in Peru, Friday, which was dominated

by people's concerns over surging crime.

Fujimori, 51, the daughter of a disgraced former president,

was running for the presidency for the fourth time.

She will be Peru's ninth president in 10 years when she

takes office later this month.

Fujimori's victory, along with that of Abelardo de la Espriella

in Colombia and Jose Antonio Kast in Chile,

confirms a regional shift toward the conservative wing -

a stark contrast from the panorama of a few decades ago

when left-wing leaders such as Hugo Chavez in Venezuela

or the current Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

emerged.