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Ollanta Humala narrowly wins presidential election in Peru





Ollanta Humala, a former military leader and the son of an indigenous rights activist, won election as president of Peru.

Humala is Quechua, who make up a significant percentage of the population in Peru. He is the nation's second democratically-elected indigenous president.

Humala defeated Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori.

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