PERU'S LEADER OF INDIAN DESCENT.(NEWS)

From: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) | Date: June 4, 2001 | Copyright information

Byline: Associated Press

LIMA, Peru -- Peruvians elected a rags-to-riches economist as their next president in a vote that highlighted persisting racial divisions in the land where Spanish conquistadors defeated the ancient Inca Empire.

With 75 percent of the vote counted early today, Alejandro Toledo had defeated Alan Garcia, 52 percent to 48 percent. International observers said Sunday's runoff election was Peru's cleanest vote in years.

''Tonight Peruvians celebrate the triumph of democracy,'' Toledo told thousands gathered in front of the Sheraton Hotel in ...

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