Peru’s Castillo Has a Marxist and a Fiscal Hawk in Inner Circle
- Many Castillo advisers are close to former lawmaker Mendoza
- Pedro Castillo leads election race with 98% of votes tallied
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A former World Bank economist who believes in fiscal prudence and a Marxist neurosurgeon trained in Cuba are among those jockeying for influence over Pedro Castillo, the favorite to be Peru’s next president.
Castillo, 51, a former school teacher from the Peruvian highlands, has no experience in national politics, so his advisers are likely to have a large influence over governing the country of 32 million.