Peruvian presidential candidate Lourdes Flores (R) salutes supporters during a campaign rally in Lima, March 5, 2001. Flores, a former congresswoman from the right-of-center Popular Christian Party, has been a leading opponent of ex-President Alberto Fujimori. Now Flores has surged to a near tie with frontrunner Alejandro Toledo in polls before the April 8 elections.

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