Peru's Fujimori loses allies as bid to flip election result falters

Peru's presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori attends a news conference, in Lima, Peru June 17, 2021. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda

LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, who has been battling to overturn the initial result of a June 6 election that showed her behind socialist rival Pedro Castillo, may be running out of time - and allies.

Castillo, who has rattled the Andean country's political establishment, finished with a narrow 44,000-vote lead with all ballots counted, though the result has been delayed with Fujimori alleging fraud and seeking to get votes disqualified.