Peru's Kuczynski backs out of plans to join anti-Fujimori rally


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  • Wednesday, 01 Jun 2016

Peru's presidential candidate Pedro Pablo Kuczynski attends a meeting with 'Keiko No Va' ('Keiko will not go') movement, in Lima, Peru, May 30, 2016. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo

LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's centrist presidential hopeful Pedro Pablo Kuczynski cancelled plans to take part in a rally against his rival Keiko Fujimori on Tuesday, in a last-minute U-turn that could reinforce a view he is indecisive ahead of Sunday's vote.

Tens of thousands of Peruvians marched in downtown Lima to protest Fujimori's candidacy, calling the centre-right frontrunner a threat to democracy and the embodiment of the authoritarian government of her father Alberto Fujimori, who is now in prison for corruption and human rights abuses.

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